chaperones, sex in films, parental responsibilities, and the trio

[Tim Regan <timregan@microsoft.com>]

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Y tu mamá también (And Your Mother Too) spoiler space
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Hi All,

We've recently been chatting about the rights and wrongs of the 
trio's parents giving up their day jobs to become chaperones, and 
about how parents should deal with their kid's exposure to 
portrayals of heterosexual and homosexual sex. Well, over on HPFGU-
Movie in message 4955 Anne U points to an interesting piece about 
Alfonso Cuarón 
<http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hollywoodreporter/columnists/film/a
rticle_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1791930> which ends by saying:

But have any of the "Potter" kids actually seen "Mama"? "I think one 
of them has," says Cuaron, but he's not saying which one.

That's intriguing. The trio are older than my kids (they are now 12, 
13, and 14 while mine are 8 and 9), so I may be out of touch with 
what that age group watch, but it doesn't seem suitable for 12-14 
year olds. The film is rated R here in the US and 18 back in the UK. 
And it is rude. There are sex scenes between the two teenage boys 
and their girlfriends, a really gross masturbation scene, sex scenes 
between the two teenage boys and the older married woman they hit 
the road with, and a sort-of-sex-scene between the two teenage boys 
at the end. Perhaps the trio have grown up quicker being in the 
movie business, perhaps the parents involved felt it was OK for 
their child, or perhaps the parents don't know.

(It reminds me of once when I was 13/14 (ish) and I wanted to stay 
up to see the Tubes perform on the Old Grey Whistle Test. Dad said 
OK as long as he stayed up to watch it with me and check that it was 
suitable. I was so relieved that Dad fell asleep during Match of the 
Day because the lead singer, Fee Waybill, arrived on stage with his 
member sticking out from his lurex costume. That would have been an 
embarrassing father / son moment!)


Cheers,


Dumbledad.


PS The rating for "Y tu mamá también" does vary enormously country 
by country. IMDB lists them as: Argentina:18 / Brazil:18 / 
Canada:18A / Chile:14 / Finland:K-15 / France:U / Germany:16 / Hong 
Kong:III / Japan:R-15 / Netherlands:12 / Norway:15 / Portugal:M/16 / 
Spain:13 / Sweden:15 / Switzerland:16 / UK:18 / USA:R (cut version). 
France stands alone giving it the same rating as Disney's "Lilo & 
Stitch".