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Hollywood was quick to respond to last Friday’s horrible school shooting in Newtown, Conn, cancelling red carpets and postponing TV programs that showed anything close to violent behavior involving guns and kids. But the greater industry bodies have been mostly mum. Maybe that will change now that the Obama Administration is asking for all hands on deck to address the broader issues of violence in America and politicians are beginning to focus on an entertainment culture — TV, movies and video games specifically — that many believe contributes to violent behavior. Case in point: Here’s today’s statement by MPAA chairman (and former Connecticut senator) Chris Dodd, saying the film and TV industry is ready to help.
WASHINGTON — The following is a statement from Senator Chris Dodd, Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA):
“As a citizen of Connecticut and having represented the people there for 36 years in Washington, I have been shocked and profoundly saddened by this tragedy. My heart goes out to the community as I know they will carry this pain with them long after the spotlight on Newtown has dimmed.
As chairman of the MPAA and on behalf of the motion picture and television studios we represent, we join all Americans in expressing our sympathy as well as our horror and outrage at this senseless act of violence. Thus, I have reached out to the Administration to express our support for the President’s efforts in the wake of the Newtown tragedy. Those of us in the motion picture and television industry want to do our part to help America heal. We stand ready to be part of the national conversation.”
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Whatever happened to Harvey Weinstein’s pledge to chair a summit on screen violence?
He makes these statements and then goes radio silent.
Why?
Was he suddenly worried that many of his major releases with significant violence would suffer at the boxoffice?
America produces and exports more violent content to the rest of the world than any other country on Earth by far.
If just ONE studio executive had lost a child in Newtown….there might be meaningful discussion and change.
Weinstein is a hypocrite!!
I wonder what his kids ask him about these violent movies he produces?
How does he justify it to them?
Imagine being an 8 year old growing up in this culture of hard core violence at every turn especially in entertainment and anything that is a comedy seems to be one raunchy joke after another?
Do these producers think kids aren’t curious? Do they think kids don’t wind up seeing these and talking about them? Kids have access in a dozen different ways regardless how much a parent does to keep them from seeing it.
But a fat paycheck overrides any responsibility from the entertainment world.
Hasn’t the word ‘conversation’ become code for ‘look like you care while doing nothing tangible’?
Yes, but add: “In the meantime, please keep spending your money on our crappy Hollywood movies”.
The issue is not guns, the issue is not violent movies. The issue is lack of responsible parenting, lack of access to Psychologists for troubled kids, teens and adults. Lack of school psychologists. Lack of any parental responsibilities. There are many troubled families, which produce troubled children, which product troubled adults.
Should movie ratings and age restrictions be more strongly enforced, YES.
Should Children and teenagers still living at home have there internet and computer activity supervised. YES
Should parents supervise there children and ensure they are watching age specific material and games. YES
Should parents and schools look for warning signs that there children may be emotionally troubled or suffering abuse from the hands of bullies or sexual predators, YES.
Prohibition is never the answer. Prohibiting violent video games, movies or Guns, will not do anything to solve the core problems.
Killers or violent prone people can use any household article as a weapon, Knives, Vehicles, Baseball bats, Glass, tools etc. can all be fashioned into a weapon.
Just as the war on drugs is a failure, so to would the war on violent movies fail.
We need more Mental Health and parenting support mechanisms in place. And I am not just talking about medicating kids, Medication should be a last resort, after intensive behavior and talk therapy, CBT and other Science based therapies.