How'd They Get Away with THAT?

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From looking on IMDB and wikipedia, it seems that the whole Brad Pitt dating Juliette Lewis when she was 17 (born 1973) and he was 27 (born 1963) thing has totally been swept under the rug. Granted, she was an emancipated minor at 14, but still. I had always wondered about that because the earliest I remember them being together was Kalifornia which didn't come out until 1993, but I discover a made for tv movie "Too Young to Die?" that they both starred in which came out in 1990. It's available from Netflix if anyone else is interested.

[Mugsy]

Brad Pitt has always been pretty teflon.

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Feb 6, 2010 11:42:46 GMT -4 Mugsy said:

Brad Pitt has always been pretty teflon.

It's amazing what a pretty face can do to people.

He could probably join al Qaida and people will think it's great because it's an international organization.

[spinsterliz]

I'm still shocked Julia Roberts got away with the whole "A low Vera" t-shirt she wore back when her husband was married to that woman named Vera. I still hear her being called "America's Sweetheart" sometimes! Yeah, she's so sweet. Humiliating people in public is adorable.

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Feb 7, 2010 3:04:06 GMT -4 @nedsdag said:

Feb 6, 2010 11:42:46 GMT -4 Mugsy said:

Brad Pitt has always been pretty teflon.

It's amazing what a pretty face can do to people.

He could probably join al Qaida and people will think it's great because it's an international organization.

This just reminds me of "The Bubble" as explained on 30 Rock, wherein beautiful people live in a bubble that protects them from criticism of any kind and lets them get away with anything. I've since realized that it's pretty much true.

[normadesmond]

Feb 7, 2010 4:28:21 GMT -4 @spinsterliz said:

I'm still shocked Julia Roberts got away with the whole "A low Vera" t-shirt she wore back when her husband was married to that woman named Vera. I still hear her being called "America's Sweetheart" sometimes! Yeah, she's so sweet. Humiliating people in public is adorable.

I'm not sure she did. Sandra Bullock is still "America's sweetheart" and Julia Roberts hasn't been relevant for years. And Sandra is a couple years older than Roberts. That might not be down to the t-shirt, but in some way, Bullock is still popular and relevant, arguably at the peak of her popularity, and Roberts' superstardom feels like a distant memory. Even her bid for serious dramatic actress in Closer failed, insofar as the only awards all went to Portman and Clive Owen.

(Now watch Roberts come out with her own Blind Side and prove me wrong. )

[Mouse]

Here's my pet peeve: Parents who let their underage daughters be sexualized and generally marketed to pervs in raincoats. Like this photo of Brooke Shields (yes, it's work-safe). Hello--Brooke's mother made her pose nude at the age of 10, obviously dolled up like an adult. Where was DCFS? How did Teri Shields get away with this?

(No, this is not comparable to "Taxi Driver," a film that featured a child prostitute WITHOUT condoning it. In fact, I seem to remember Travis Bickle trying to rescue Jodie Foster's character from the streets.)

Not only that, but Tatum O'Neal and her brothers were badly abused by their father and nobody intervened on their behalf. Ryan O'Neal should've had his ass thrown in jail, and he should've lost custody of his kids.

I just find it revolting that parents are able to get away with abusing/exploiting their child-star offspring like this.

[angelaudie]

No, this is not comparable to "Taxi Driver," a film that featured a child prostitute WITHOUT condoning it. In fact, I seem to remember Travis Bickle trying to rescue Jodie Foster's character from the streets.

Yeah, his mission became to get her off the streets and back to her parents. Jodie also went through psychological testing to make sure she could handle the role and a body double was used for certain scenes as well.

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Feb 7, 2010 3:04:06 GMT -4 @nedsdag said:

Feb 6, 2010 11:42:46 GMT -4 Mugsy said:

Brad Pitt has always been pretty teflon.

It's amazing what a pretty face can do to people.

He could probably join al Qaida and people will think it's great because it's an international organization.

Even in the latest round of Brangelina break-up-rumours, the media was all ready to accuse Angelina of doing something wrong that drove poor old Brad into the arms of his ex. I don't fault him, it's this media portrait of him that I criticise. I'm sure he's a millon miles away from being a perfect human being (to me isn't even good looking, but I know that millions of others do like his looks).

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Feb 7, 2010 15:53:53 GMT -4 Mouse said:

Here's my pet peeve: Parents who let their underage daughters be sexualized and generally marketed to pervs in raincoats. Like this photo of Brooke Shields (yes, it's work-safe). Hello--Brooke's mother made her pose nude at the age of 10, obviously dolled up like an adult. Where was DCFS? How did Teri Shields get away with this?

(No, this is not comparable to "Taxi Driver," a film that featured a child prostitute WITHOUT condoning it. In fact, I seem to remember Travis Bickle trying to rescue Jodie Foster's character from the streets.)

Not only that, but Tatum O'Neal and her brothers were badly abused by their father and nobody intervened on their behalf. Ryan O'Neal should've had his ass thrown in jail, and he should've lost custody of his kids.

I just find it revolting that parents are able to get away with abusing/exploiting their child-star offspring like this.

They were able, not are able. The 1970s and earlier were a totally different era as far as child welfare was concerned. Remember, this was a time when marital rape was still legal, child abuse hotlines did not exist, and Oprah and Phil Donahue had yet to convince people that sexual abuse victims weren't lying harlots. People weren't as aware of kiddie porn then and even if they were, they weren't sure how bad it was. Beaten kids were only taken away from parents who had no economic or political power; rich people like Ryan O'Neal practically had to horse whip their children in the town square before the cops would issue a warning.

Kids today are way safer than we were back then.