#like is that entertrainment? is that art? a girl suffered as bad as anyone could ever suffer and now u wanna see that reenacted? | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

shojoboy · 2 years ago

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i forgot there even was amovie about the torture + death of Sylvia Likens until now cuz im reading Elliott Page's memoir and like. what on earth possessed someone to make a movie out of that, really. why would anyone want to watch that.

#i dont want to necessarily pass the judgement that it's Wrong to make a movie about a tragedy like this but #idk. personally not only does it seem unbearable to watch but im uncomfortable w the very idea of dramaticizing it #like is that entertrainment? is that art? a girl suffered as bad as anyone could ever suffer and now u wanna see that reenacted?#and according to Elliott they toned it down from reality too. like what happened to her was worse than what could b shown in theaters #and what ur supposed to watch that? feel like ''wow that was horrible'' but from a safe distance so it's not quite real.#so u can be titillated by the knowledge of how evil people can be.#the thing is that her story is WORTH sharing but it's because its yet another example #of how little rights children have had historically. and how abuse of children has been accepted in a hierarchical society.#but like you could do a documentary abt it. without reenacting her misery.#sorry im bring ing up discourse abt a movie made in 2007 lmao but god even thinking abt Sylvia is unbearable to me #just reading the wikipedia page years ago was a horror i cant forget.#-_-

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