http://www.freedomreeves.com/2009/02/too-stupid-for-art-slumdog-and-the-need-to-educate/ The intersection between media, social justice and meaning Sat, 02 Jul 2011 23:27:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.freedomreeves.com/2009/02/too-stupid-for-art-slumdog-and-the-need-to-educate/comment-page-1/#comment-730 Mary Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:50:28 +0000 http://www.freedomreeves.com/?p=172#comment-730 I understand that this was a powerful film but you can produce a film that is inspiring without romanticizing poverty and visious evil acts against children. Film producers have no responsibility anymore and they are causing a desensitization of the psyche. I for one have recently written off watching this garbage. Not to say that the film was not well produced and contained incredible cinematography however when I began to see it was going to be a parade of children being exploited and abused I stopped my dvd player. I think more people should take a stand against being bombarded by films containing such content. Exploitation, abuse and neglect of children is very real and until we as a society start putting our foot down it will only get worse. I think it's highly offensive considering how many children are abused and trafficked. The people behind these films are making money off the suffering of children because as I stated earlier they are desensitizing the masses. If the producers of such films were mandated to give up 20% of their profits to the cause of child exploitation I'm sure you wouldn't see such films because lets all face it, shock value brings in dead presidents and it all comes down to the dollar, not necessarily artistic value. You would think Danny Boyle would want to donate a large piece of his pie to the children of Mumbai, I've yet to read anything indicating that he has given back to the children that were the foundation of this film. I understand that this was a powerful film but you can produce a film that is inspiring without romanticizing poverty and visious evil acts against children. Film producers have no responsibility anymore and they are causing a desensitization of the psyche. I for one have recently written off watching this garbage. Not to say that the film was not well produced and contained incredible cinematography however when I began to see it was going to be a parade of children being exploited and abused I stopped my dvd player. I think more people should take a stand against being bombarded by films containing such content. Exploitation, abuse and neglect of children is very real and until we as a society start putting our foot down it will only get worse. I think it’s highly offensive considering how many children are abused and trafficked. The people behind these films are making money off the suffering of children because as I stated earlier they are desensitizing the masses. If the producers of such films were mandated to give up 20% of their profits to the cause of child exploitation I’m sure you wouldn’t see such films because lets all face it, shock value brings in dead presidents and it all comes down to the dollar, not necessarily artistic value. You would think Danny Boyle would want to donate a large piece of his pie to the children of Mumbai, I’ve yet to read anything indicating that he has given back to the children that were the foundation of this film.

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