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The reaction to the dance

posted 10 years ago by joanneguy1967
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I can't believe the reaction to her dance when the rest of the kids looked like overly made up tiny hookers !! I hate the fact that parents think it's ok to dress your child up in this way !! They are children for god sake and shouldn't be dressed up with so much make up and provocative clothing
I was going to apologise if I offend anyone but anyone who puts their children through this and make them so precocious as well as aging them before their time doesn't deserve an apology !!

[–] Ken1260 10 years ago

That was the one of the points of the movie. The Mothers of the other children got all bent out of shape over the dance while they were pretty much doing the same thing to their own daughter's but were too blind to see it.

[–] ccr1633 9 years ago

That was the one of the points of the movie. The Mothers of the other children got all bent out of shape over the dance while they were pretty much doing the same thing to their own daughter's but were too blind to see it.

Yeah, but the film attempts to manipulate you emotionally into believing that Olive, doing her lewd striptease, was more righteous and salt of the earth. Another message seems to be that it's cool to have young girls acting like whores, so long as they aren't taking it quite as seriously as the competition. I found it repulsive across the board. All the kids were promoted as sex kittens, and Olive was the worst of them. Yeah, Olive's dance was kind of amusing for the first few seconds, and then, for me, it turned into the sick feeling of seeing a young girl having fun acting like a whore.

[–] mikeywilldunk 10 years ago

I just finished watching this the 2nd time. And I think you nailed the point they are trying to make. So good job. Actually one of my favorite parts is how the camera shows the evolution of the dad's facial expressions going from enjoyment to disgust... this all led up to the dad & Dwayne coming to the same epiphany, "We have to get Olive out" because this contest is disgusting.

[–] bohunkchicklet 9 years ago

I bet the parents of the beauty contestants weren't too happy about it.
I wonder if they told them entire plot. I know most of them are aware of how majority of people (including myself) think that they go way too far with how they prepare their kids for pagents. I saw an episode of Toddlers and Tiaras and couldn't believe how much they do now. Not just the makeup, fake hair extensions, fake teeth, fake tans but they also color hair, wax eyebrows, fake fingernails and they do this on the very young. A lady was extremely upset when a hair dresser wouldn't dye her 13 month old baby's hair. I think that's child abuse. They wouldn't give her baby fake nails either so she settled on a manicure. She was upset and said she'd try some other place.
The girls in the movie did their actual routines and dressed in their own outfits performing and looking exactly like they do in real life. That's why I wondered if any of them were upset when their kids were being bad mouthed by the actors.

[–] mymoviemind 9 years ago

I think if you're blind enough to be obsessed with pageants, you're probably blind enough to miss you're being mocked.

[–] stevenackerman69 9 years ago

I think the thing was that Olive is doing these teenage dance moves that seem more appropriate for a stripper, not a talent show like this. Remember, it was the grandfather who taught her these moves and they aren't exactly something you want to see a child doing on stage, unless you were a pedophile or something.

[–] Pmdmnym 9 years ago

I get it but at the end of her dance, she had more clothes on then any of the other contestants did as they strutted their stuff in bikinis and ten tons of makeup and hair pieces. But that is what got the family truly together as they defended Olive on stage!!!! Loved it.

[–] chas437 9 years ago

Congratulations, you got the irony of the pageant. You should pat yourself on the back.

[–] nmitrione (293) 6 years ago

I am watching the dance scene right now. I find it funny how the guys take a little longer to figure out that something is off with the dance. The Mom gets it right away. I LOVE how they all stand-by Olive and dance with her on the stage to support her.

And yes, I do agree with you on children's pageants; there is no need to paint their faces and have them wear inappropriate outfits. Let them be children.