Has political correctness gone too far sometimes?

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Who would you consider right in this situation?

Apparently,there’s a kids movie called Show Dogs which is about to be released in Australia.

It is a comedy about Max the dog who “is primped and primed so he can infiltrate the world of elite show competitions which are a front for animal smuggling…”

There are scenes that feature “Max’s transformation necessitates getting his rear end waxed and learning to stay completely still when his private parts are inspected. Along with a blast of canine flatulence,”

Some child protection advocates are calling for a ban on the film as they believe it encourages grooming of children and to accept sexual abuse.

To me it seems a bit far that they would get all this “interpretation” from a movie about a dog 🐶.
Maybe it is childish,silly or in poor taste,but keep in mind the intended audience are 5 year olds who often love silly/gaudy/naughty humour.

Silly is one thing,but promoting sexual abuse of children is on a whole different level.
Child sexual abuse is a matter everyone should take very seriously, but have some people gone too far with their political correctness nonsense where they are seeing abuse in things where there are no abuse?
Do children even process things this way-ie:seeing a dog being “fondled” and then relating it back to themselves?
Do kids interpret things this way?

Who is right -the film makers or the advocates?

 
Rozellelily said:
Some child protection advocates are calling for a ban on the film as they believe it encourages grooming of children and to accept sexual abuse.
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How in the world…?
This may be the longest logical reach I have ever seen.
 
I’ve come to realize people will put anything on film for money.
 
Well looks like kids these days are smarter than me in drawing that connection. I’m too dumb to notice that.
 
Rozellelily said:
they are seeing abuse in things where there are no abuse
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I guess people with dirty minds do see things differently.

I have to say though that description of scene is inappropriate for preschoolers. And it is more than just silliness or childish or poor taste. Not because it sends a message that abuse is ok, but simply that genitals should not be shown in films to children as a joke.
 
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Maximilian75 said:
This may be the longest logical reach I have ever seen.
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Not really. The very first thing that popped into my head when reading about this was the murder of Jon Benet Ramsey. You’re too young to remember that, but to a lot of us who are, it turned us off to the idea of beauty pageants for children, and all shows of this type, even dog shows. We got a rare, sobering, behind the scenes look at the ugly behavior and twisted mentality of many of those involved, and it left a very bad taste in our mouths. I presume there have been similar incidents in Australia that have sensitized them.
 
I haven’t seen the scene in question. The way Hollywood presents things, it could have been very suggestive. There are people in Hollywood who just love to sneak sexual and drug themes into children’s movies and TV shows. I’m no prude but I also didn’t just fall off the turnip truck yesterday, and a lot of this isn’t terribly subtle either.

I’m not going to pass judgment without having seen the actual part of the movie that is under discussion.
 
The director or producer did not intend to promote child molestation. He said he was sorry and they are taking out the scene where they tell the dog to focus on his zen place or whatever, which may have been bad taste, but not intended to promote child molestation.

Its funny, there is a big uproar for this, even when the director or producer says it was not his intention, says sorry, and takes out the scene from all the movie theaters. BUT…a movie like Beauty and the Beast from Disney, the director purposely puts in a scene where a person with same sex attraction seduces another man, and the director and Disney has no apology, no remorse, and people flood to see that garbage.
 
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LittleFlower378 said:
BUT…a movie like Beauty and the Beast from Disney, the director purposely puts in a scene where a person with same sex attraction seduces another man, and the director and Disney has no apology, no remorse, and people flood to see that garbage.
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Didn’t watch that one either.
 
One thing about kids that young and movies is that they will tend to go home and act out or play at whatever they see going on in the movie. I know this for a fact because I did it myself at that age and so did every other kid I knew on my street or in my class at school.

If there is something suggestive going on with a dog’s butt, then be prepared for kids to be acting that out with dogs and with each other.
 
Here is one mom’s blog about what actually takes place in the movie:


I do think political correctness goes too far quite often, but not in this case. In the movie, the dog is required to submit to an “inspection” and does not want to. He says no multiple times. He is told to “go to his zen place” to deal with it. It implies that he does not have a choice, and then he ends up “enjoying it” (also wildly inappropriate for kids).

Children do internalize a lot from the things they see on TV and in movies. Apparently this scene is being removed from the movie, but if it was not I would certainly not allow my son to see it. I would never want him to watch something that legitimizes another adult touching private parts and making it seem like you have to just “get it over with”. No way. I am glad that parents have raised concerns and had them taken seriously.
 
LittleFlower378 said:
Its funny, there is a big uproar for this, even when the director or producer says it was not his intention, says sorry, and takes out the scene from all the movie theaters. BUT…a movie like Beauty and the Beast from Disney, the director purposely puts in a scene where a person with same sex attraction seduces another man, and the director and Disney has no apology, no remorse, and people flood to see that garbage.
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I don’t think it really makes sense to equate child molestation with two grown men dancing with each other.
 
I saw several people share that article on Facebook. I agree. The scene seems problematic, though I can understand how it was probably the furthest thing from the filmmakers minds. They were likely just thinking of it terms of the characters being dogs and such a thing being funny. Parents, on the other hand, are looking at the dog characters as stand-ins for people, which changes the meaning entirely.

I’m glad to see they are taking the scene out. In my mind, this is the type of situation where “political correctness” is doing the job it ought to be doing.
 
I could have lived a long and happy life of blissful ignorance without realizing this happened in a movie.
Rozellelily said:
There are scenes that feature “Max’s transformation necessitates getting his rear end waxed and learning to stay completely still when his private parts are inspected. Along with a blast of canine flatulen
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Clementine14 said:
Here is one mom’s blog about what actually takes place in the movie:
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I haven’t seen the movie yet, but I did read that article. If she described those parts of the movie accurately, then I agree that it’s wildly inappropriate for a kid’s movie. It’s not that far-fetched to make the leap from the movie to child abuse, because kids are going to treat talking animals in a movie just like people and imagine themselves in the movie. And being told to stand still and think happy thoughts while being inappropriately touched…that is a big ol’ NO. Kids are so easily influenced and absorb behaviors they see on TV. I’m really surprised it was included in the movie.
 
One other thing to keep in mind is that every director or producer or whoever who’s told to pull a scene from a movie because it’s suggestive to children will insist that the suggestion was the last thing on his mind.

For example, we have had the Kroffts for years insisting that HR Pufnstuf and Lidsville did not intentionally contain any drug references. Anyone who has ever watched those shows or lived through kids’ TV in the late 60s/ early 70s will laugh out loud upon hearing that.

Hollywood people lie like rugs.
 
Has political correctness gone to far sometimes? Yes. Is this one of those times? No.
 
But why any of it in the first place. Apparently they’ve run out of wholesome ideas for children’s movies. I think political correctness is out of control in most areas of society right now, but surprisingly in this instance I side with the advocates.
 
F_Marturana said:
That scene wasn’t there. I saw the film. No gsy seduction.
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Not to derail the thread, but I agree. There was no same-sex seduction. I think a lot of the people who made a big stink about Beauty and the Beast either didn’t see the movie or had an agenda. Not that Disney is always blameless, but there were a lot of wild exaggerations made about the movie.
Tis_Bearself said:
Hollywood people lie like rugs.
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This made me actually laugh out loud. How true, and so sad.
 
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