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Topic: Parents taking kiddies to watch Jackass
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Mark J. Marshall
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From: New Castle, DE, USA
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 09-27-2006 02:10 PM
While I don't get the humor in Jackass, I understand that it has its place with a lot of folks. That said, I REALLY do NOT understand parents who bring their 12, 10, 8 year old kids in to see this movie. Then they somehow manage to sit there with them through the entire thing without getting up and leaving. Nor do I understand the adults who drop off about six or seven kids so they can go in by themselves and watch it.
Worse I think are the random adults who try to bring in random kids whom we've told can't come in because their parents aren't with them. These kids go out and solicit a total stranger to take them in, and the adults try to do it. One guy came to me saying that he bought tickets for the 14 teeny-boppers behind him. When I asked him what the first kid's name was, he just looked at me for a second, blinked, and said, "I don't know his fuckin name!" Nice. So, I told the kids they couldn't come in. Then the guy got in my face about it, so I asked him for his ticket. Guess what... he didn't have one. He wasn't even watching the movie! What the hell? So, I explained that first of all, the adult has to go into the theater and sit with the children. And since he's not going in, they're definitely not going in. He continued to get irritated and wanted to see where that was written, so I directed him to the manager, who directed him to the movie's poster, and then sent him and the teeny-boppers on their way.
I really don't get this determination to bring kids into this movie. I have cousins that age. I can't see myself sitting there, watching these guys "milk a horse" and then throw it on each other while he's sitting next to me in the theater.
Am I a complete fuddy-duddy on this? I really don't have anything against college dudes watching this, or whoever is over 17 watching it, but kids have no place watching this in my opinion. Am I getting too old for this business?
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Dave Williams
Wet nipple scene
Posts: 1836
From: Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 09-28-2006 02:37 AM
I will disagree with you both and argue that kids should be seeing this movie. I have my 10 year old daughter watch this stuff all the time. And I watch it with her... allow me to explain...
First, I did much of these things and many more when I was younger, and suffered the multiple injuries and near death experiences that accompany them. By watching this stuff with my daughter, she and I not only have good bonding time, she also sees what kind of a person I was when I was younger, before the all the disabilatating problems of course.
She also sees in me the result of years of stupid behavior. I am living proof as to why this stuff has long term ramifications that are never shown. She learns from me how the pain catches up after years of self torture for fun. I can barely walk to the mailbox. She knows how bad this stuff is.
She also learns from watching it happening that people do get hurt, and look entirely stupid. We laugh at their expense. We laugh at them, not with them. She learns we should pity their existence, not envy them.
Three of my four kids have avoided these self mutilating activities. My oldest decided it would be fun to play chicken with a golf card. He was on a bike, his friend on the card. They slammed into each other at full bore, and he got twisted clean nearly to hell and back. He managed to not break anything, but learned how painful behaving like an ass can be.
I think in the right context, it can be a very good learning tool.
Ciao
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Charles Greenlee
Jedi Master Film Handler
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From: Savannah, Ga, U.S.
Registered: Jun 2006
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posted 09-28-2006 08:01 PM
I'd agree, too many people trying to defeat the system. I don't nessisarily agree that no one under a certain age can see a certain movie because I acknowlege that not every kid will try those stunts, and not every kid will take it out of context. A parent should know their kid and use their hopefully good judgment. I would point out that it is those kids trying to finnagle their way in, without supervision, are the kids that need to see it the least. If they can't understand policy, and try to cheat it, it means their judgment, and maturity, are not suited for the film.
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Chad Souder
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From: Waterloo, IA, USA
Registered: Feb 2000
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posted 09-28-2006 09:46 PM
Any influence Jackass has had over people has already happened. The first show aired in April of 2000 and picked up steam quickly. Kids were sending in their own stunts shortly after in an attempt to gain fame. Now, they replay the original unedited on Comedy Central. Nothing they do from here on will convince anyone else to do dangerous stunts. Besides, their stunts haven't really gotten any crazier, only the gross factor has increased. Members of Jackass have already been permanently disabled because of stunts, but regardless I don't see them doing any more until Johnny decides his bank account is low and he needs to rally the troops to make another movie.
I agree that kids should in no way see this movie, but it's because of the language, nudity and gross stuff, not the stunts. If someone kills themselves by doing something crazy, that's called cleansing the gene pool. On the other hand, I do have a problem telling other people how to parent like I would if someone told me how to parent. I certainly don't think watching someone get rich and famous by doing those acts will discourage anyone and act as a learning tool, but if another parent feels that way, so be it. A theatre's only concern should be to make sure they are enforcing their policies evenly and doing what we need to keep the government from making the rating policy a law. We all need to be very diligent on movies like Jackass when it comes to enforcing our policies and focus on the business aspect rather than what you think of the people coming.
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Evans A Criswell
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From: Huntsville, AL, USA
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 09-29-2006 03:59 PM
I don't think kids should be sheltered from everything, but if they see stuff like Jackass, they need to know what they can safely do and what they can't. Some of the physical gags that are done in movies and TV shows are OK as long as kids realize what's real and what's fake. Take the three Stooges -- I love that stuff, but many things they do would severely hurt or kill someone if a kid did it not realizing it was fake. Hit someone over the head with a hammer and they won't just say 'Oh!" and be OK. Another problem with stunts is fire is very visually attractive and mysterious to kids. The "back of the pants on fire" gag used for comedy effect coupled with all the stunts in movies and shows like Jackass gives kids ideas. They see a stuntman on fire dancing around or running -- they're put out, and they're OK. So a kid or group of kids who have never been burned with fire thinks it would be cool to try running with clothes on fire and try it and in a few seconds are screaming trying to get it out and are scarred for life. The answer isn't to shield kids from the stuff, but to make sure, as a parent, that they know what's really going on in those scenes, and that it isn't what it appears.
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