Is it OK for 13-year old to be actor in Kite Runner rape scene?

I think it is tasteless and even gross; there are many other ways to present the rape without having it acted out especially by a young boy of 13. This is just another sample of overkill, sensationalism and unnecessary stimulation so characteristic of current films.

Ok...I don't mean to be a pansy,but butt rape makes me queasy in film and when it's a kid I can't deal.Everyones always talking about how Deliverance is soooo funny(you got a purty mouth).I cried.And don't get me started on Pulp Fiction...I threw up on EVERYONE.The only time I've been able to handle boy-rape was "Sleepers" with Kevin Bacon and that because it was very tastefully done and more implied than actually shown(Mystic River did the same thing...but it too made me sick).I hope this movie will be done with the same class as in the movies mentioned above.However,if the film depicts the actual rape and the boy is already anxious,filming the scene could damage him because he obviously knows what the act entails.Poor kid.I hope his emotions are handled with care.I would vomit.

I haven't seen the movie so I can't really make an objective remark. What I can say is that the world of cinema today and the technology we have today can create a rape scene without the actors playing it. There are many tricks that a film can play on us the viewers. As for the scene itself , if the director needs to transmit something important threw a certain scene who are we to judge him . That is a great way to introduce people to certain behaviors of our society which do exist everywhere. This scene might play a good role in getting people more aware.

Hi,

I don't think a 13 year old should have to take part in such a scene. There are borders that shouldn't be crossed in the name of art and film. I feel this is one of those cases where a more creative solution could have been come up with and it all gets more meaning after the child himself said he feared the scene and its consequences.