I was thinking it was going to be Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf.
This is all IMHO, but let me ask you this: suppose the children decided to reenact a scene from another 80s movie: the rape scene from The Accused. Would you also think it was cute? If so, I would be surprised, but then I am often surprised at the SDMB. If not, then coul you perhaps articulate to me why murder is cute and rape not cute?
Didn’t you ever play Army or Cops and Robbers as a kid?
Me? No. I’m trying to remember what I played: hide-and-go-seek, marbles, soccer, baseball… I can’t recall ever playing Army or Cops and Robbers. Did you ever “play doctor” as a kid?
Doctor Who. I liked being a Dalek. “Ex-ter-mi-nate.”
But this wasn’t play, and it wasn’t creative for the kids.
It was staged, and the lines and actions were are scripted. Not quite the same things.
I guess at some point, it would be disturbing. I think partly I find it cute because Scarface is so over the top and cartoonish. And plus it’s the effect of adorable kid using bad words (well, “Bee” for bitch and “Fudge” for “Fuck”). Kind of like, from the mouths of babes! Or the Sarah Silverman effect.
I mean, if kids were enacting Schindler’s List, or the Accused that would probably be creepy. But I can’t help not taking Scarface all that seriously. Yes, I know there are some pretty violent parts of it, but in other parts it’s just SO ludicrous. “Say hello to my leetle friend,” and the disco, and the tacky clothes. It’s camp. Like, if I saw kids enacting Mommy Dearest, I wouldn’t be all that appalled even though technically it’s a movie about child abuse. I don’t think anyone really thinks of it that way–it’s more of a ludicrous cheese fest.
I guess the difference for me comes with the seriousness of the film.
Yeah, Boys Don’t Cry would be weird.
The play is comprised of professional actors and was staged purely for a viral video for youtube. This is not some elementary school teacher’s wet dream.
Bugsy Malone was cute. This was just…weird.
“I hope that was an empty juice box, George! You can’t afford to waste good HiC. Not on your salary, not on an associate professor’s salary!”
I don’t see why you can’t be disgusted at the parents for letting the kids do this, but still think the way they pulled it off was cute. The people who faked this video did a good job.
Then again, I’ve always thought that most movies with gore or whatever were overly cartoony. I even was disappointed by The Passion of the Christ. When I see stuff like this, I always latch in on the parts that look fake, and never get over that.
And you can’t get any faker than this play.
:D:cool:
For someone to actually place children in acting roles, especially for this particular movie, I think is weird. You have to have some warped mind to pull it off. Well done, but weird nonetheless.
Fudge Gaspar Gomez and fudge dee fudging Diaz brothers: I step on those cockaroaches!
It’s a pity they didn’t include the shower scene.