Saturday, January 12, 2008
A KID'S EYE VIEW
When my kids were kids we took them to a wide variety of movies.
We didn't pay much attention to ratings.
I remember taking the older ones to Woodstock and the guy at the ticket counter asking me if I knew that there was nudity and swearing in the picture.
Of course, I knew. So much the better.
How does it prepare kids to be in the world to shield them from these things? Is it better that they learn in the streets?
And besides, the music and the vibes of the film were the point.
Many G rated movies are really really boring to say nothing of giving a distorted life view. Can I use the word 'Disney'?
Now, there is another viewer who, like me, believes that the ratings are only guides and that one's parental intelligence trump the uptight, insular, overly sensitive nobodies who sit in judgement on the Film Board.
Take the Kids, and Don’t Feel Guilty
