How is this legal?
A 12-year-old girl, appearing stark naked in a movie about child prostitution. How can a 12-year-old girl appear stark naked and it be LEGAL, never mind getting past the censors?
Again, how is this legal?
Great movie this was. Or rubbish. Depends on what forum I'm on.
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This thread is still going? Wow. Just shows how controversial an issue this is.
From the OP.
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I've always thought this movie was very strange (even though I've never seen it), and I've always wondered why Brooke's mother let her do this and The Blue Lagoon. Very odd.
Some secrets need to be kept,
Some stories should never be told...
The bath scene wasn't sexual. I mean, it was a movie about prostitution and Brooke as Violet was a child prostitute but that scene wasn't meant to be sexual.
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Those who are most vocal about complaining about depictions of child nudity are those who are the most, at least subconsciously, titillated by such depictions, it stands to reason.
Can we all agree on the simple fact that a pervert or child molester who watches anything with children, no matter if they are fully dressed or nude, will get off regardless of the film's message. This movie is to expose child prostitution in 1917, and in someways reflects what is still going on. No, it is not pornography. If you or someone else gets off on it, that's an issue or cultural preference (some places in the world still marry children),that's on you. Don't blame a brilliant director for your own insecurities, and don't dismiss a wonderfer portrayal of the birthplace of Jazz as something for some basement hermit to get off on. The is the movie that matches key songs like House of the Rising Sun, not something dirty.
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The ratings system, that has been around since about 1968, meant no more censorship in regards to movies. Since no one involved in the movie was prosecuted legally, it seems that they didn't break any laws. Whether it's morally OK is a different matter, but immoral behavior has long been part of cinema, when you think about it.
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