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July 24, 2006

Forget the lawyers. First thing we do is kill all the stage mothers.

CNN.com has a report on a disturbing scene 12 year-old Dakota Fanning shot for a movie called Hounddog. As first reported by Lloyd Grove of the New York Post, the script apparently calls for Fanning - again, ALL TWELVE YEARS OLD OF HER - to:

be raped in one explicit scene and to appear naked or clad only in "underpants" in several other horrifying moments.

Fanning's mother, Joy, and her Hollywood agent, Cindy Osbrink, see the movie as a possible Oscar vehicle for the pint-size star.

Apparently, and as evidenced by the tagline in the CNN report linked above, RAPE = OSCAR. Duh. Of course. Jodie Foster. The Accused. Plus, she was a 12 year-old hooker in Taxi Driver. That makes it all better, right?

Good thing they apparently ran out of money for that production.

Keep in mind, Dakota Fanning is next set to appear as "Fern" in the new Charlotte's Web movie. If we're the studio putting out that movie, we're thinking that nowhere in the universe should Wilbur the pig have to cross paths with pedophilia and rape, but that's just us. We're funny like that.

Posted by YMB Staff at July 24, 2006 08:05 AM