[SMARTY]

Films and other entertainment for children has become an industry in the US. I don't remember much of 'childrens' entertainment growing up. I just read a lot of classic literature and of course films were not so raunchy that children were barred. For my money, films were better when they were just good movie making and not 'relevant' shockers. "viva Zapata", "Billy Budd", etc. It was understood that viewers, children or adults, were expected to bring something to the film. Adults had the advantage of experience and a completed education. Children had to 'reach' to comprehend. It worked and NO ONE was shocked or outraged.

[RightWingAtheist]

I wonder if filmmakers should be making so many children's or family films in the first place, when children should be READING instead. One of the most telling songs left out of Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is a chant by the Oompa-Loompas attacking parents who let their kids watch TV instead getting to them to read