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.

While I admit that it is a disgusting subject, you are obviously projecting your own moral thought process on to this issue without looking at this idea logically. (As if it is possible to project ones issues on to a subject while looking at the subject logically; it's not but, in a way that is neither here nor there.)

The issue of rape, and child rape specifically, while repugnant will never be handled properly unless it is confronted. It needs to be confronted to be examined and understood; and not just the issue itself but, also what is the best way to give the proper respect, and mental health treatment as needed, to someone who has been inflicted with such a horrible act of violence. Rape has been depicted in other movies and this medium has virtually never confronted the issue of child rape. I understand that this imagery is offensive to you but, you need to understand that if ppl are not exposed to something then they largely will not know how to handle that situation if they, God forbid, are ever confronted with that reality.

I also know that perhaps the only reason that they made this movie is to make money, i.e., to push a horrible something or other to get ppl into the theaters but, there is always the possibility that someone making this movie actually had such an experience during their life, perhaps as a child, and their desire to wash themselves of their own feelings of guilt and shame is to tell other ppl about what happened to them in a fictional way, as in with this movie. (The Secret Life of Bees is a movie with a similar story.)

If this movie offends you that badly then just don't see it.

I can well understand how important this issue is to you and I would agree that the subject should be tackled. However, you did not address the question, obviously because your emotions got the better of you. The question was about having a child actor play the role and what effect it would have on him and his family. I am quite sure that with all the creative abilities in Hollywood the subject could be tackled in a sensitive way without using a child actor.

I don't know who you are actually replying to brosen. This isn't YouTube and tho we can reply to individuals questions we hardly have the ability to reply to individual responses from other users who answer questions & respond to inqueries.

This is the question ..."Don't you think it's inappropriate for a 13-year-old actor to have to play a rape scene?" The comments made about the boys family, by dreadlocks ... the person who posed the question, was not a part of the actual question. Reread it!

While I find the subject repulsive and I can honestly say that I probably wouldn't, or will never go see the movie, or perhaps any movie that deals with this issue in such a graphic manner, that is a matter of personal preference. There is nothing wrong with having a child play this role. And anyone that does have a problem with it, really for any reason, just shouldn't see the movie. Extreme care, however, very much needs to be taken to give the proper respect to the subject and to the individual child actor who plays that role, especially if it is anything approaching graphic.

They need to be emotionally & mentally ok with what they are doing in this movie and in this role and with what is taking place throughout the entire movie. If it and/or them, is handled poorly & isn't given the proper respect then yes, the child would most likely experience some very negative side effects from the experience so it falls to the director(s), producer(s), & other actors in the film, etc., to take the time to treat this subject with the proper amount of respect.

I didn't fail to answer any question, nor did I see anyone else on here who failed to do that. I think your own emotions about this subject have caused you to subjugate the truth bc of your own opinions on this subject.

The "Kite Runner" movie was adapted from the best selling-book and became one of the most controversial film. ..I don't think a 13 year old actor is able to work for it.. I guess there are art or movie/films limitations for young actors.