Did these dark kids films pave the way for anorexia Ana to creep into kids ?
My two daughters both saw Tim Burton's film The Corpse Bride when they were in Junior school at the time I thought it looked creepy but allowed them to see it at home on DVD , same with Nightmare before Christmas and Coraline which really creeped out my eldest daughter. They were both under the impression that it was the cool thing to do - to watch these creepy films and when I look at them now I am angry that Hollywood got one over us and filled our daughters heads with this dark sinister "entertainment". Look at the skeletal arms of The Corpse bride - look familiar ? It's Ana's ideal glamorized and packaged for kids. Children's minds are like sponges they absorb images, and whilst I think children's fiction can teach kids about bad stuff in life these films make the creepy characters the good side. The film is saying there is nothing wrong with skeletal arms and bodies - it's saying " it's even quite amusing and cool don't you think ?" The film is presenting skeletal as acceptable , friendly , cute , fun like I say when I look at these films now it is so obvious to me and I wonder did these creepy films pave the way for anorexia ? Because our eldest daughter went on to develop anorexia and so did our youngest for a short time.
Coraline is a moody, bleak , sinister film, how the heck did they get away with passing it off as a kids film? I think if it was released today there would be a backlash. The film is all to do with a parallel life, a controlling unseen malevolent entity and people not being who they appear to be , manipulation is at the centre , it is horrible and seriously scary. Does this look like Ana to you ?
Nightmare before Christmas - released to counter the Christian message no doubt - and again romanticizing skeletons - making them look cute. Today I was looking at anorexia images on Pinterest where there are so many excellent depictions of evil Ana, later I was clearing out a cupboard and a badge with Jack Skeleton from Nightmare before Christmas fell on the floor, I looked at it and remembered that Rachael made a picture of Jack Skeleton quite a big one , I threw it out after she got anorexia because I was suspicious of it , I wondered if it contributed to her developing the illness. When I looked at the badge today it struck me that the imagery / theme was very similar to all the scary images of AN on Pinterest and exactly the same mood ?
So did those films contribute and pave the way for Ana's entrance ? When Ana approached kids in a friendly manner and told them how good it is to be skinny had they already been groomed by these films and therefore didn't see Ana as the destructive , deadly force of evil that she really is ?
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