Dakota Fanning to be raped onscreen

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Originally Posted by tk13

It doesn't have to be "kiddie porn" to be exploitation. Not even close. There are all kinds of ways to be exploited. If the director wants to win awards, he could be using her selfishly just to get himself more recognition. That's exploitation.

Very good point. I didn't mean to imply that exploitation and kiddie porn were synonomous.

Absolutely, if the nudity or the scene turns out to be gratuitous, and/or if she were at all pressured to do it, and/or if she felt objectified or violated in any way as a way to make this film "edgy" and sell more tickets, than I think that's freaking TERRIBLE. But not because she's 12. Because she's HUMAN. That's a terrible thing to do to anybody and even if she were 25 it's still exploitation. I'm not advocating a world where anything goes. I'm saying that I think there is a pretty good chance that Dakota, her parents, and the director who cast her have a better idea about what she is mature enough to handle than I do.