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‘Logan’ Star Dafne Keen Says ‘I Was Offered Cocaine’ as an 11-Year-Old in Hollywood and Hugh Jackman ‘Made Sure No One Abused My Hours’ on Set Discussion (variety.com)
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[+] -27 points 4 days ago* (9 children)

AI should just replace child actors. We've known for a while that child labor is bad in nearly every other industry but we "needed" it in film industry because there was no way around it. Now there is a way around it and no need to subject children to the exploitation of Hollywood.

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  • [–] 26 points 4 days ago (3 children)

    So instead of demanding better standards and culture around child actors, we should instead build more data centers to make AI children. Bad take my dude.

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  • [+] -7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

    Child labor is inherently exploitative. No matter what standards or culture you put around it children should not be working.

    Even if every adult treats the child perfectly there's still psychological damage involved in being a child star. I'd rather a data center get built then have a child suffer from trauma.

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  • [–] 9 points 4 days ago (1 child)

    The data center causes pollution and also steals the water from MANY children. This is some galaxy-brain stuff.

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  • [–] -4 points 4 days ago

    We could save on water and pollution by using children for anything we already use machines for, that doesn't make it right.

    Should we have children toiling in the mines because the mechanical drill uses too much water and emits pollution?

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  • [–] 12 points 4 days ago* (1 child)

    There used to be a time in theatre when men played every role, including that of women or children. What the fuck ever happened to acting? You're not acting like a child if you literally are a child. Get Hugh Jackman to play the 11 year old girl, and the 11 year old girl to play Wolverine. That'll show off their acting chops better.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

    What we need is a shared expectation that characters meant to represent young children should be played by puppets.

    And to be clear - not lifelike animatronics. Just floppy felt puppets.

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