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This must be the year for stark realistic portrayals in films. First, we have “The Hurt Locker” about bomb removal units in Iraq. Then, we have “Precious” a film that truthfully depicts the horrors of child physical and sexual abuse.
I, for one, am glad to see these kinds of films. Yes, they are hard to watch. We don’t want to see that humans can be so cruel, so twisted in the treatment of children. Not a minute too soon, the time has come for us to face what monsters lurk inside our homes, how we are destroying the very future of this nation by terrorizing our children.
Of course, we are not all abusers. However, when we don’t speak up when we see abuse occurring, we perpetuate the message that abuse is acceptable!
ABUSE OF ANY KIND IS UNACCEPTABLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN DIRECTED TOWARDS DEFENSELESS INNOCENT CHILDREN!
The following speaks to the psychological impact of abuse rather than as a critique of the movie or the actors. Read the rest of this entry »