The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #97072 Message #1909658
Posted By: SharonA
14-Dec-06 - 03:35 PM
Thread Name: BS: Get your priorities straight
Subject: RE: BS: Get your priorities straight
Wolfgang's point is well taken. This is an advertisement, and the child actress is reading advertising copy.
While some of the statements in that advertising copy may have more than a grain of truth to them, it angers me that a child was forced to read the copy. Unlike dianavan, I don't find it "very funny" at all.
A child that age cannot possibly make independent decisions about what to watch or listen to. It is the responsibility of her parents and/or guardians to raise her to think independently and responsibly, and to protect her from propaganda and the media blitz in the meantime, not to exploit her for their gain... and certainly not to put profanity into her mouth for her to spout precociously.
As for the uncle's statement, I started to listen to it but closed the window after the second f-word came out of his mouth. I suppose he talks that way in front of his niece, too.
Some "child-advocacy" group should remove that child from the people who are abusing her acting skills, and place her with people who are not willing to sacrifice her on the altar of the Almighty Dollar.