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Kristen Stewart, of Twilight and New Moon, will be starring with James Gandolfini and Melissa Leo in a small independent film, Welcome to the Rileys, in which she plays a 16 year old stripper/lap dancer/prostitute. A bit different from her previous roles. She also appears nude in this dramatic movie. Kristen is actually 19, so she is technically an adult, but I have a feeling that many parents are not going to be happy with the message this will send to their tween and teen daughters.
Welcome to the Rileys is about a couple, Doug (Gandolfini) and Lois (Leo), who are dealing with their daughter's death. On a business trip Doug meets Mallory (Stewart) in a strip club and goes home with her. He pays her to live with her but doesn't want sex. He, and then later Lois also, try to rehabilitate her.
Are parents going to be able to stop their crazed Twilight fans from seeing this? Will this little independent movie that probably would have mostly been seen by adults in big cities now play to a much bigger audience? What do you think about this?
See also: Top 20 Fall Movies for Teens
Welcome to the Rileys is about a couple, Doug (Gandolfini) and Lois (Leo), who are dealing with their daughter's death. On a business trip Doug meets Mallory (Stewart) in a strip club and goes home with her. He pays her to live with her but doesn't want sex. He, and then later Lois also, try to rehabilitate her.
Are parents going to be able to stop their crazed Twilight fans from seeing this? Will this little independent movie that probably would have mostly been seen by adults in big cities now play to a much bigger audience? What do you think about this?
See also: Top 20 Fall Movies for Teens
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I must admit that I've not watched Twilight so my understanding of it is second hand. However, most people I know speak of Twilight pretty negatively, accusing it of overt sexism.
This created a great video mashup of Buffy meets Edward
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZwM3GvaTRM
I would start off talking with my kids about this and what it says about sexuality and gender roles, as well as what it says about copyright and fair use.
I will note that when I showed it to my teenage daughters, they loved it and passed it on to all of their friends, but they grew up on Buffy.
So, Kristen Stewart playing a role of another subserviant and victimized woman? No, not really.
Over the course of the 4 Twilight books, Kristen's character Bella changes and by the end of the series she is not subservient or victimized at all. I am sure we will see this in the movie also. However, the nudity is what I was thinking about more than anything else.
Thanks for your input.
I think that we have to admit that to ourselves that teens are young adults. They may not yet be equipped to make the best choices, but they still are able to make them. Lets not spend a lot of time censorship the movies that kids see; instead we can spend time instilling our values and wisdom and teaching them how to make good choices in difficult situations.
Now that I've got out of the way let me say that I have no idea if it will be a quality film with a good message...I hope for the best think that movies about strippers usually don't fair well. A lackluster storyline + bad directing will kill ticket sales faster than strict parents can.
Kristen is a beautiful woman and talented actress. She was amazing in Adventureland and I cant wait for the next Twilight movie!