Oh dear. Has bobcat Goldthwaite gone too far with his movie God Bless America?

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19. Except it did not refer to the character. The OP said 'use a child'.

The satire is in part regarding the DC snipers. One of whom was a minor child. So. Art mirrors life.
And the actor is a person who legally can walk into an office and commit to contracts, an adult. An adult professional actor. She is somehow not equal to you or to me? Why? Her gender? Her age? She can take on a mortgage, yet she should only do films with talking animals?
Romeo's Juliet is say 14. 15 at most 16. At most. Her actions cause death, her own suicide, and much sorrow. She dies at her own hands in a crypt.
To pretend that young people are not people, or worse that young people are 'children' getting 'used' when they make a professional contract is dismissing of the person.
Old enough to marry, not old enough to make satire.
I wonder if any of you get hot when you see 16 year olds making minimum wage to make your lunch? Or if that is only for adults who get paid extremely well to engage in professional work? Should the actor go flip a patty for 8 an hour rather than making tens of thousands in a few weeks?
Just saying. The maid in your hotel is 18. She'd trade gigs with the actor just for the cash the respect, the company. So always tip the teenaged staff, and tell them they must thank God they are not film stars!