seth green getting slapped around

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Well he was obviously an Idiot Bastard Son; a rather naughty boy if I may be so blunt, sir. And what good would yelling at the dog do? It´s only noble to leave the poor animal alone.



"facts are stupid things" - Ronald Reagan

Its a period piece set in the 1940s. I thought the scene was funny in a sort of Three Stooges kind of way...I didn't take it too seriously.

But smacking your kid around was commonplace in the mid 20th century. I got hit with a belt a few times when I was a kid in the 1970s. Its just that people are way more sensitive to that now. So those scenes are just a product of that time period.

Go eat a marshmallow. That's how kids were raised, oddly enough...that generation was a lot more respectful than our recent "hands off" generation. Another thing...no one was concerned with this in 1987, because it was comedy...plenty of comedies have people dying and having heart attacks, are you offended by that, too?

Obviously you are one of these wacko crusaders that thinks violence and people's other actions will be reduced by producing bland cinema. Good for you.

Would you care to share the site that produced your statistics?

His 300 lb father? OK, another...misrembering? Overly graphic? The dad was whacking him with his hat, the rabbi kinda shoved him and the mom swatted him, not exactly a bloody scene.

It was a joke. It was also the way things were.



This will be the high point of my day; it's all downhill from here.

For one, the main scene where Seth is getting chased/slapped around is immediately juxtaposed to the girl in the well (broadcast on the radio, natch), with the father clutching on to him for dear life.

Like the rest of the movie, its a romanticizing of the way a typical Rockaway kid grew up in the time period. Its a little ridiculous to drop "this day and age" when 1) the people of this time period (and socioeconomic status) would consider you a poor parent for not disciplining an unruly child this way (hence the Rabi getting in on it), and 2) even when this film was made (1987) the discipline of children was seen as wildly different matter as it is today.

And I hope you aren't a carnival weight guesser if you think tiny Micheal Tucker ever got near 300 much less 200 pounds.

I don't know how this scene is supposed to be considered nowadays -- especially in the U.S. where child abuse/torture/mortality/murder rates are now the highest in the world

The fact that Seth Green couldn't even keep the grin off his face shows you how 'serious' these beatings were. The fact that he is 'acting' is a moot point... True life spankings never physically 'hurt'. Its the concept of the act, itself, which is so terrifying to a kid... not any ensuing pain. There is none.

And for you to say that the father, (who is probably 5'4 in true life), was 300lbs makes me not take you seriously. If you felt that earnestly about your point, why do you have to grossly exaggerate the scenario?