A lot of banter has been circling around the Internet concerning the sex and birthing scenes in the two-part adaptation of Breaking Dawn
. When the book was released, moms, teachers and philosophers were already worried about the adult-level turn the plot took as well as the message Meyer was sending young women.
When I was a teenager, and when I was in college, my parents didn't ascribe to the Southern mentality I saw some people take on. (i.e. "Y'all been dating a year. When you gonna get married?) I could wait to be married and have kids. If the guy didn't want to wait until I was ready/tried to blackmail me, I needed to tell him not to let the doorknob hit him in the keister on the way out.
Philosophers wonder if the rushed marriage and abnormally fast pregnancy sends a bad message to girls, which is written about in Twilight and Philosophy: Vampires, Vegetarians, and the Pursuit of Immortality (The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series)
. (I wish there was an anatomy lesson about how dead men impregnate women in literature. Ideas?)
. (I wish there was an anatomy lesson about how dead men impregnate women in literature. Ideas?)However, one also has to realize that Meyer is Mormon and popular fiction writers are running a business where image is important. Morally and socially she can't go out and tell young women to give the milk away to the first hottie that comes along, can she? Good, clean, spiritually sound sex (even with the deceased) has to come after your vows. And that sells books to parents concerned with how the media influences sexual mores.
So, how's Hollywood's going to handle Bella giving up her virginity to her vampy husband only to be rewarded with a baby that sucks the life out of her? (It's not because the teen is too young to be a mom, but because the baby is literally sucking her [blood] dry from the inside.)
People want to see it executed well on the big screen, but Melissa Rosenberg, the screenwriter adapting the series doesn't agree that it has to be all about the R-rated blood and mayhem. (This fan site claims there's an already locked-in PG-13 rating, which the writer defends.) She told the L.A. Times ". . .you can do childbirth without seeing childbirth ... it doesn't mean it's any less evocative of an experience".
When PopSugar called Rosenberg out on rumors of avoiding these "scenes . . .showing on screen" she claims she was misquoted:". . .what I was referring to was, would we actually see Edward's teeth through the placenta? I don't think so. I don't think we need to see that, and if someone needs to see that, I think they should take a look at that. [Laughs.] I believe it will be implied, but I don't think we'll see teeth in the placenta".
I guess this means the scene won't be removed completely, just changed up a bit using camera angles and suggestion.
Surely, the makers of the series of movies are too smart to cut out the preteen audience from being able to see it solo by giving it gore that will earn an R-rating. (Kids will probably see it several times when parents won't want to).
On the other hand, they don't want a bunch of crazed teen and tween Twihards, or their Team Edward mommies, angry when they don't get to see the vamp steam up the screen.
Sometimes, a shirtless Taylor Lautner just isn't enough.
2 comments:
I personally do not think that it is a big deal. And this is why; First, they have already graduated high school. Second, they are married when they have sex. Third, they are married when they have the baby.
If you have problems with these scenes do not watch the movies. If you do not want your children to watch these movies, tell them no. You are the parent not them. Enough said!
Some good points! As always, sex = controversy!
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