Eye on the kids
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| Dinah S. Ventura |
Willie Revillame is in hot water again, and it’s all because of the six-year-old boy, Jan-jan, who danced a sexy dance on television while the studio audience roared with laughter.
I watched the segment on YouTube to find out if there is indeed cause for concern, and I have to admit that what I saw left a disturbing impression. The kid was gyrating like a macho dancer, but other than the fact that it looked unnatural for one his age, he did not look like he was doing it for fun. In fact, it seemed like he was crying. Willie later explained that it was because the boy got afraid of a big person in the studio, the basketball player Bonel. Still, for those who did not know this, it looked like the boy had been coerced into doing it.
If you were watching it on TV and found the situation amusing, then you would no doubt agree with Willie and say there was no child abuse. But most people saw it and made their disapproval known. Concerned agencies saw it and filed the proper complaints. So now we have a beleaguered TV host, a network that has already apologized to the public for offending their sensibilities and made steps to prevent another incident of the sort from happening..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110404com7.html
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