save our wilderness from the wild life

It's that time of year again--when the beautiful mountains on which Olympians have tested the limits of their skills are filled with Hollywood's finest and brightest--time for the Sundance Film Festival.

This year we are promised the sleeper, Hounddog. It is supposed to be the Little Miss Sunshine of 2007. Nobody knows what this independent film is about. Nobody cares. All we know is the buzz that continues to circulate like a wildfire over the CA hills. This movie features the rape of 12 year old Dakota Fanning.

Now who wants to see that!?! Why must we subject ourselves to viewing this, the worst of nightmares, on the big screen? Is this what the public wants? Has our society degenerated to such an abysmal level? Or is shock value the only value remaining in Hollywood?

Whatever the case, I want no part in it. I wish they'd keep middle America out of their mess. Don't get me wrong; indy films are great, but don't film the violation of a sweet, innocent girl and try to pass it off as art. Shame on them.