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Why is employing child actors not a crime?

posted 5 years ago by actionkamen (23176)
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It's a crime to employ minors in, say, the textile industry, or basically any other industry. Why is the film industry treated differently?

[–] McQualude (4231) 5 years ago

Why would it be?

[–] actionkamen (23176) 5 years ago

Haven't you heard? It ruins their childhoods.

[–] McQualude (4231) 5 years ago

So does malnutrition.

[–] actionkamen (23176) 5 years ago

Then malnutrition should be banned!

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Because then we wouldn't have children in movies.

[–] actionkamen (23176) 5 years ago

We thought we wouldn't have dead people starring in Star Wars either. Yet here we are...

[–] Wint3rFir3 (7193) 5 years ago

So that adults can pretend the arts are on a different level to every other field, mainly to justify the exorbitant amount of money that goes into the wages of those in the arts. Not only are kids pushed into acting, almost to the point that you could say they are sold into the industry, but I've seen child painters and authors pushed to a certain degree as well in recent years.