BrianZane
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Post by BrianZane on Dec 29, 2013 21:46:45 GMT -5
I was thinking about this over the last week while watching Anchorman 2...
You know what I'm talking about: one or more scenes in a movie in which some of the actors are using swear words in the presence of child actors as young as four or five years old. I've always wondered what the process is when it comes to convincing the parents of the child to OK that stuff? Like, do the parents care, or do they try to explain to the child that those words shouldn't be repeated willy-nilly (at least not until they're in their teens or something), do they see the "artistic merit" in the dialogue or the scene? Anyone got any theories?
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Post by Brood Lone Wolf Funker on Dec 29, 2013 22:21:50 GMT -5
I am guessing they have the parents sign waivers or pay them a decent amount of money. Then the parents do what ever they need to do to convince the kid not to curse
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Post by Hit Girl on Dec 29, 2013 22:23:19 GMT -5
Personally I just love seeing kids in movies swear, regardless of artistic merit.
And, aside from Regan in "The Exorcist", no one did it better than my screennamesake in "Kick Ass"
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2013 22:33:11 GMT -5
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Post by Mozenrath on Dec 29, 2013 22:35:55 GMT -5
Depends entirely on the kid and their parents, probably. Not sure if the guild has any specific rules on it.
I do imagine that for many of the kids, it has to do with them treating it like a job. Chloe Moretz has said that she says stuff as Hit Girl she would not say off of the set, and that actors, child or otherwise, understand that.
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metylerca
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Post by metylerca on Dec 29, 2013 23:12:07 GMT -5
Robocop 2 was a bit excessive.
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Post by Malcolm on Dec 29, 2013 23:13:01 GMT -5
I was just about to say "A Christmas Story".
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Post by agent817 on Dec 29, 2013 23:15:27 GMT -5
Robocop 2 was a bit excessive. What about "Role Models"? That boy cursed a lot in that one.
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Post by Amazing Kitsune on Dec 29, 2013 23:15:51 GMT -5
I've always wondered what the process is when it comes to convincing the parents of the child to OK that stuff?
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metylerca
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Post by metylerca on Dec 29, 2013 23:17:38 GMT -5
Robocop 2 was a bit excessive. What about "Role Models"? That boy cursed a lot in that one. I think Robocop kid is worse for vulgarity alone. Plus drugs.
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Post by BigBadZ on Dec 29, 2013 23:23:41 GMT -5
I'm no child actor but I heard probably 10x worse as a kid. Worse thing my dad would say is f*** and my mom would other curse words but made it clear that we weren't allowed to say them at any point.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2013 23:42:30 GMT -5
I was just about to say "A Christmas Story". The funny thing about a Christmas Story is that its foul language content is comparable to Texas Chain Saw Massacre's gore - the amount that is implied vs what's actually there makes it seem much stronger than it really is.
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Post by Mesousa287793 on Dec 29, 2013 23:57:02 GMT -5
Don't forget Jackson Nicoll in Bad Grandpa. He even imitated pole dancing, which, yeah, it's played for laughs, but still, wonder what his parents would say?
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Post by MiLB Fan on Dec 30, 2013 2:44:46 GMT -5
When I was a kid myself, I remember being blown away by hearing Macaulay Culkin say "Don't f*** with me" in The Good Son.
Even crazier was that his costar in that movie was a young Elijah Wood.
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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on Dec 30, 2013 4:45:34 GMT -5
Children hear people swear all the time anyway so I figure just like in any other situation, it's down to the parents teaching their kids to avoid using them too much.
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Post by Evilution E5150 on Dec 30, 2013 5:52:54 GMT -5
the kid in Robocop 2, i was actually happy when he died
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Post by wildojinx on Dec 30, 2013 8:24:44 GMT -5
I wonder if, for the scenes when an adult actor is swearing in the presence of children, they just have the actor say something benign like "biscuitpants" then redub the scene with the actual profanity for the film itself.
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Post by Jiren on Dec 30, 2013 8:50:08 GMT -5
While not a film I loved when the kid in Sopranos when he yells "f*** you Santa"
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Post by Unaffiliated on Dec 30, 2013 8:57:50 GMT -5
I assume these kids already know these words, so there's no point in trying to shield them from the words. I, for one, have never seen the fuss with swear words being used. In many contexts, they don't do any harm. On the other hand, people can be horrible with words (like bullying) without resorting to swearing.
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Post by wallabylikeyou on Dec 30, 2013 9:54:09 GMT -5
If there's one thing the parents of child actors aren't well known for, it's their dedication to raising their kids right and looking after their well being. Not that I think kids swearing is the absolute end of the world but it's hard to imagine Kit Culkin lecturing Macaulay for repeating "don't f*** with me" off set.
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