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02-04-2006, 04:50 AM
I wrote this...
My daughter (5) loves B-movies. She's been raised on a healthy mix of PBS and 50's era Godzilla movies. When King Kong was released, skipping it was out the question. She'd seen too many ads for it, and talked about it constantly. She had seen the Fae Ray classic and wanted to see the updated version. When we sat down in a theater and the movie began, she was glued to her seat, eyes wide. Through the course of the movie my son (9) ooh'd and awe'd and never showed any sign of distress. But my daughter, not quite sqirming like the girl in Zoe Walrand's commentary, was obviously upset by some the more gory parts. I comforted her as best I could and asked her a few times if she wanted to leave. She didn't. In the end she was most upset by the the death of Kong.
I would make two suggestions to Zoe. First, that many parents like me were caught by suprise by Jackson's version, and second, that there are parents out there who care what their kids see, and still end up sitting in theaters watching inapropriate content. It's the parents reaction and support of the child that's important.
Yes, the father in the commentary was a jerk, but just taking his daughter to see King Kong wasn't what made him that.
... in response to this.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5188636
The commentary had me wondering if Ms. Waldran has any kids.
Like most things, parenting is not black and white... it's all sorts of grey.
My daughter (5) loves B-movies. She's been raised on a healthy mix of PBS and 50's era Godzilla movies. When King Kong was released, skipping it was out the question. She'd seen too many ads for it, and talked about it constantly. She had seen the Fae Ray classic and wanted to see the updated version. When we sat down in a theater and the movie began, she was glued to her seat, eyes wide. Through the course of the movie my son (9) ooh'd and awe'd and never showed any sign of distress. But my daughter, not quite sqirming like the girl in Zoe Walrand's commentary, was obviously upset by some the more gory parts. I comforted her as best I could and asked her a few times if she wanted to leave. She didn't. In the end she was most upset by the the death of Kong.
I would make two suggestions to Zoe. First, that many parents like me were caught by suprise by Jackson's version, and second, that there are parents out there who care what their kids see, and still end up sitting in theaters watching inapropriate content. It's the parents reaction and support of the child that's important.
Yes, the father in the commentary was a jerk, but just taking his daughter to see King Kong wasn't what made him that.
... in response to this.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5188636
The commentary had me wondering if Ms. Waldran has any kids.
Like most things, parenting is not black and white... it's all sorts of grey.