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Angelina Jolie film
"Wanted" Disappoints
Angelina Jolie stars in a new film "Wanted." She is
part of a secret society of assassins who recruit
James McAvoy and train him brutally to use his
superhuman abilities. The weekend sales reported in
Media By Numbers LLC. are over 51 million dollars.
Angelina can certainly
pull in movie goers with her beauty and her fame.
But such lovely promise turned into some horrific
violence perpetrated by her and most of the other
cast members in "Wanted."
Psychological damage done
to people who witness graphic violence is well
documented, especially to children, but to adults
as well. There is such a wide disparity between the
social awareness and kindness shown by the real
Jolie and the choices that she makes on screen. For
all the good deeds that both she and her husband
perform, their contribution to violence and the
hardening of our society through the violent
characters that they choose to play seems to
ridicule our desire to emulate or be inspired by
them.
I enjoy an action movie
too but "Wanted" is purposeless violence done in
slow motion so that the images are even stronger.
Although there may always be a bloodthirsty
audience for cruelty and violence, I naively
attended because I heard Angelina was in it. I
expected a class act but was delivered shocking
toxic cruelty. About midway through I walked out,
choosing not to allow the violence to corrupt me.
Aren't we suckers for paying $10 to have our minds
trashed by violent films. Fans may wish to beware
of the mental brainwashing of commonplace violence
generously offered by the reckless greed of
producers and stars lacking social conscience. As a
therapist I have worked for twenty years to help
people cope with violence in their lives, horrible
memories and graphic images that stay locked in
their minds.
I just expected more from
someone who has seen firsthand the results of war
and violence on young children and innocent people.
I am not sure if you can have it both ways, one -
make extraordinary money with visions of violence
and cruelty that you call "entertainment," and two,
be a representative to other nations regarding
human rights and be outraged at the violence
against innocent men, women and children. We live
on a small planet interconnected to all.
Angelina, has great
influence, especially with young people. I think
"Stars" need to take a little responsibility for
the millions of fans who will certainly copy not
only the behavior of their real lives but also the
behavior of the characters they choose to play.
©2009, Molly
Barrow
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Dr. Molly
Barrow holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology and is
the author of the new book, Matchlines:
A revolutionary New Way of looking at relationships
and making the right choices in
love. She is an
authority on relationship and psychological topics,
a member of the American Psychological Association
and a licensed mental health counselor. Dr. Molly
has appeared as an expert on NBC, PBS, KTLA, and in
O Magazine, Psychology Today, Newsday, MSN.com,
Match.com, Women's Health and Women's World. Please
visit: www.askdrmolly.com
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