As usual, my main point-for-thought after an ep like this was did the kid have a free therapy clause in her contract. Some things kids shouldn't be subjected to, even as acting. *shudder*
My own observation, and experience, is that being on the performer's side of the Fourth Wall, and privy to the prosaic reality of how the special effects work, can be a rather different experience than being slammed unforewarned with the full grisliness of the finished product; I've taken part in haunted attractions, and watched fellow performers no older than that girl gleefully chewing the carpet (and the bloody entrails, portrayed by spaghetti in marinara sauce.) A lot, of course, depends upon the individual child's (or adult's, for that matter) comfort zone.
(That's why Bill BIxby, before allowing his young son to watch The Incredible Hulk, took him to the studio to meet Lou Ferrigno and observe the successive stages of the makeup and transformation; he wanted to make it absolutely clear to the kid that Dad metamorphosing into a berserk green giant wasn't something to be concerned about in real life.)
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Date: Nov. 4th, 2012 10:53 pm (UTC)My own observation, and experience, is that being on the performer's side of the Fourth Wall, and privy to the prosaic reality of how the special effects work, can be a rather different experience than being slammed unforewarned with the full grisliness of the finished product; I've taken part in haunted attractions, and watched fellow performers no older than that girl gleefully chewing the carpet (and the bloody entrails, portrayed by spaghetti in marinara sauce.) A lot, of course, depends upon the individual child's (or adult's, for that matter) comfort zone.
(That's why Bill BIxby, before allowing his young son to watch The Incredible Hulk, took him to the studio to meet Lou Ferrigno and observe the successive stages of the makeup and transformation; he wanted to make it absolutely clear to the kid that Dad metamorphosing into a berserk green giant wasn't something to be concerned about in real life.)