The Willow Smith video gave off this subliminal child pornography message that really bothered me. The argument is that kids flaunt themselves in kids pageants and dance competitions, but I think when this, for lack of a better word, sexing up of children is put on mass media a line is crossed.
I might be speaking out of ignorance, but generally I fell there is a line that the dance community and pageant community have to not let sex appeal over shadow a craft. Mass media tends to take sex appeal to such gratuitous levels I become cautious to the creative process and the people behind the scenes. I felt Jodi Foster (with the help of Robert De Niro) gave an honest performance in Taxi Driver, and Natalie Portman (with the help of Jean Reno) gave an honest performance in Leon the Professional. The handling of the theme, the robbing of a child’s innocence, was carefully handled and respectfully performed. There’s something about the ideal innocence of youth that I fell many, including myself, aspire to protect.
Watching Willow Smith and seeing how her career unfolds will ultimately shape my opinion of her. But at first glance, I feel like the there’s an abuse at play.
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