Placing a price tag on a Slumdog.

[misore]

Slumdog Millionaire hit North American box offices somewhere at the end of 2008, the acclaim was instant and it continues to reverberate through sticky multiplex corridors, dimly lit coffee shops, between the station calls on the metro, and back to the slum where it was set. Hitting its mark at the top of the worldwide box office and on the

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[foresworn]

This is such a complex situation these kids and families and filmmakers have been put in, all because of a movie.

I don't even know what the right choice is.

[misore]

I don't think there's right choice anymore. It's the nature of the beast. The producers could have chosen child actors instead of slum kids, they went with authentic portrayals. I read somewhere that these kids got between 500-750 pounds for a year's work, comparatively it's not much for a professional but that's a lot of money for them. Though really how long will that money last? And after becoming 'stars' all over the world and going to Oscars, can they be expected to go back and live under a tarp? Then there are the parents who exploit their kids, selling them to whomever is interested.

This whole situation's a big mess but it's happened before where productions take 'real' children to act in films, not compensating them properly, and just leaving them after they're done. Take a check at Luis Buñuel's Los Olvidados if you're interested.

[sasohope]

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