I thought I’d take a slight deviation from strictly doing reviews to put down some of my thoughts about television and kids.Kids on television
I guess I have no business complaining about the way kid actors are treated since I’m buying into the system as much as anyone else by consuming the product. Then again, maybe that does give me the right to put my two cents out there. I find it increasingly disturbing the ways kids on television are being molded, packaged and presented.
We saw this some in the 1970s with the Brady Bunch and the Partridge Family … television kids who were also expected to make music, sell lunchboxes and market clothing.But man, it’s getting to be kind of ridiculous. Kids on Nick and Disney especially aren’t just appearing in a television show. They’re appearing in made for television movies and movies in the theaters. They’re making (and selling) CD albums. Their faces are plastered on t-shirts in Walmart. They’ve got their own lines of clothing and makeup. They’re appearing on each other’s shows. They’re appearing in television specials. They behave and act as though they are adults on the red carpet, and in many ways, they are. But is that a realistic way to live? A healthy way to live? I wonder.
I’ve stated in this blog once before, and I hope this is something that the networks would consider implementing if they’re not already doing it – Nick and Disney really should offer lifetime assistance to all of their actors, by way of:
