Posted by Nick Macpherson on 07/15/06 12:32

David Johnston wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 18:32:37 -0800, RSpitzer <rs@columbia.org> wrote:
>
> >On 13 Jul 2006 19:38:26 -0700, "Fred Goodwin, CMA"
> ><fgoodwin@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >>The 10 least politically correct movies ever
> >>
> >One should be "The Bad Seed," with Patty McCormack.
> >
> >Today, she would be portrayed as a victim, her evilness the inevitable
> >result of being born and raised in an oppressive patriarchal society
> >created by misogynistic, heterosexual white males.
>
> Bunk. I've seen loads of unabashedly evil girls who aren't
> perceptably victims in recent movies.

A remake of Bad Seed has been announced with Eli Roth's name attached.
We'll see if the director of Hostel and Cabin Fever adopts the victim
of oppressive patriarchal society/evil heterosexual male mode or not.
Kinda doubt it though.

Didn't the original come with a tacked on ending where Patty McCormack
gets spanked for her bad deeds? Dunno how you get more PC (50s style)
than that.

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