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Filed under: Celeb Kids, Life & Style, Celeb Parents
Angelina Jolie and her partner-in-parenthood Brad Pitt have been in some pretty violent movies. They met and fell in love on the set of the uber-violent gunfest Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Jolie has played the double-pistol-packing and well-endowed video game heroine in Tomb Raider, and Pitt has handled a weapon in films such as Kalifornia, Seven, Snatch, The Mexican, and more. Despite their willingness to make these kind of movies, apparently Jolie and Pitt don't feel their kids should watch them. Your kids, though, well, that's up to you and your local cable programmers.
A source on the set of Angelina's new movie, Wanted (in which she plays a bloodthirsty killer) told reporters that the couple don't let their kids watch their violent movies, and have even prevented them from playing with toy guns of any kind. "Angelina is protecting them from seeing her making violence look good," the source said. "It's caused a few chuckles. Most of her successful roles have had her waving weapons and getting violent. Staff have been told the kids can't even see props. And toy guns are a complete no-no."
While I have no beef with Jolie and Pitt trying to protect their kids from the culture of gun violence, I do wonder if they are capable of appreciating the irony of how much their own movies have contributed to it.
A source on the set of Angelina's new movie, Wanted (in which she plays a bloodthirsty killer) told reporters that the couple don't let their kids watch their violent movies, and have even prevented them from playing with toy guns of any kind. "Angelina is protecting them from seeing her making violence look good," the source said. "It's caused a few chuckles. Most of her successful roles have had her waving weapons and getting violent. Staff have been told the kids can't even see props. And toy guns are a complete no-no."
While I have no beef with Jolie and Pitt trying to protect their kids from the culture of gun violence, I do wonder if they are capable of appreciating the irony of how much their own movies have contributed to it.
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5-09-2007 @ 3:20PM
daisy said...Hmmm. I don't see any contradiction in any parent not wanting their toddler and preschool aged children to watch any movies made for adults.
Would you want your kid using the language you use in some of your posts? If not, oh, the irony!!
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5-09-2007 @ 3:42PM
Meghan said...I think that's a somewhat ridiculous thing to say, quite frankly. I don't find it ironic at all that Brad and Angie make movies they then don't want their kids to see them. Aside from voice-over actors doing G-rated Disney films, don't pretty much ALL actors make movies that are not suitable for toddlers? It's too bad MORE parents aren't like Brad and Angie, IMHO -- able to separate what is and isn't appropriate for their children, and taking active steps to shield their kids from stuff they aren't old enough to understand. But not so arrogant as to believe that it's their responsibility to shield everybody ELSE'S kids from it as well (for example, by refusing to make or be a part of those movies in the first place).
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5-09-2007 @ 4:23PM
LS said...On one level, I have to commend the celebs for shielding their kids.
On the other hand... Think of how nice things would be if parents actually set a good example for their kids. This statement was prompted not only by this article, but by Daisy's comment, "Would you want your kid using the language you use in some of your posts?"
What's the difference between having a potty mouth and making crappy movies? Nothing, really, except that they get paid HUGE amounts of money to do the latter.
It'd be nice if we could set real, achievable examples for our kids. No saying, "F-you" and then being shocked when you hear those exact words fall out of your toddler's mouth. By the same standard... no taking a job that you wouldn't want your kids seeing you do.
I know. It's hard being ethical and moral, isn't it? But when you're a parent, the decisions you make don't affect just you.
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5-09-2007 @ 5:38PM
dutch said...I never said it was ironic that they make violent movies but don't want their kids to see them.
I said it was somewhat ironic that they are clearly attempting to shield their children from what has become a "gun culture" in this country, and yet their own movies contribute greatly to that culture.
maybe it's not ironic. maybe its just hypocritical.
and the language I use in my posts has nothing to do with any of this.
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5-09-2007 @ 7:30PM
SKL said...What exactly do you mean by the gun culture in this country?
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5-09-2007 @ 7:40PM
Sandyone said...Are they really opposed to the 'culture of gun violence'? Maybe they just opposed to it for their young children?
My husband practices killing people for a living. That's not something we want our kids seeing, but we're certainly not opposed to his doing it. It's not an aspect of his job that we discuss with them.
Maybe they're trying to set an example for their public...take charge of the things to which your children are exposed and don't expect everyone else to do it for you.
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