Handling Controversy with Grace
You may have missed the news, Dakota Fanning’s most recent movie, Hounddog is getting some flack from the press. Apparently, there’s a five-minute-long rape scene and the movie’s getting a lot of criticism for it. I haven’t seen it (hard to get to the theatre with a toddler and no regular babysitter), so I can’t speak to the necessity of it, but Fanning seems to be dealing with it in an incredibly mature way. Additionally, I’ve found news articles that say the scene contains no nudity or simulated sex, and that those who are calling for the movie to be censored are religious groups. Now, I don’t want to make commentary on religion or gratuity in film, but I do want to commend Miss Fanning for handling the criticism with grace and dignity.
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January 25th, 2007 at 4:14 pm
The movie is not out yet. They screened it at sun dance this last week. So this is the first time people have seen it. Before it was all rumor that she was going to be “raped”. Which had people up in arms. I guess all you see is her foot and hand during the scene
January 25th, 2007 at 7:27 pm
Thank you, Sara, for that clarification. I knew it had gone to Sundance, but I didn’t know that it hadn’t been released yet. I’m still learning how that whole process works.
January 31st, 2007 at 6:20 pm
I’m looking forward to seeing that movie. I was reading about this controversy and they had social workers on the set for the filming to ensure that it wouldn’t be traumatizing to DF. People just freak out over the littlest things.