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I just viewed the theatrical trailer at www.rottentomatoes.com. Didn't see any abuse, but this may be a different version of the trailer than the one mentioned. Could someone tell me what specific abuse this character suffers in the film? Or point me to a version of the trailer which shows it? I'd like to know what I'm protesting before I protest it, in other words.
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The type of sexual abuse is actually fairly common in PG13 and R rated movies, but what ticks me off is that they rated it G!
The scene takes place on a baseball field as the Character played by Erik Von Detten is just standing his is suddenly struck in the groin by a baseball. And making the scene appear "Funny". Statistics show that almost 2 out of every 3 boys are sexually abused under the age of 16 and usually as a "prank".
This type of imagery teaches our children that this type of abuse is "okay."
Many might say, "What's the big deal?" But ask yourself this if the movie had shown a young girl being hit in the groin with children laughing at her in her sexual pain, would it still recieve a "G" rating?
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I had a feeling that he probably got hit in the groin. I remember a credit card commercial from a few years ago where there was one brief scene in which a little girl was standing in front and to the right of a little boy (I mean they were YOUNG). The little girl slings a tennis racket behind her and hits the little boy in his groin. Har har. Real funny.
Disney has a habit of showing male characters getting hit in that region. If they're willing to strip down and sexually exploit male characters in children's cartoons nowadays (The Road to El Dorado), I'm not surprised at all that Disney would do this in a "G" movie.
To be fair, this film (judging from the trailer) is EXTREMELY heavy on slapstick, and the female lead gets pelted by various objects and injured in a variety of ways. I don't know if any of them are sexual, though. Even so, it doesn't make it right for them to put that type of crap in a movie targeted for pre-teen girls.
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I had a feeling that he probably got hit in the groin.
Yeah, and to add insult to injury, he probably goes into a restroom afterwards and sees a "You Hold The Key To Ending Rape" splashguard at the urinal.
To be fair, this film (judging from the trailer) is EXTREMELY heavy on slapstick, and the female lead gets pelted by various objects and injured in a variety of ways.
Well, I'm glad to see some equality there. But it's not true equality unless she gets pelted and injured in the breasts or between the legs. That's the thing - a lot of films and TV shows are showing women in increasingly undignified circumstances or as "flawed" characters. But you'll notice that the male characters are often depicted as being even worse, or taking even worse punishment. And considering that everything is relative, then this doesn't mark an improvement at all.
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