Kids' presence at R-rated film disturbing
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Editor,
"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" movie was showing at the Polson theater this week. Even though we had not read the series, my husband and I decided to view the movie and found it quite dark. What was most disturbing to us, though, were the three 12-year-old boys watching this R-rated movie without any parent in attendance.
What kind of parent allows 12-year-olds to watch coerced oral sex, a most disturbing rape of a girl handcuffed to a bed, torture scenes and the details of multiple murders by a serial killer as well as other sexually explicit scenes? I talked to the attendant after the movie about this and found out that all three youngsters had parents come in to sign their permission and did so after being informed of the content of this movie. The R-rated standards are there for good reasons, and the theater owners should not allow children to watch these watch these shows unless accompanied by a parent. Why are we numbing our children to the horror of violence?
Connie Brownell
Polson
