Now I’ve not seen this movie either, so I can’t say whether Lauren Book is right on or off-base. How many times have we heard her say, “it’s not a matter of if, but when they will re-offend” as if a broken record of her father, without regard to actual recidivism statistics? She will recite her dad’s rhetoric as if it were gospel, without investigating the facts. That’s the kind of thing that drives us nuts about Lauren Book. Towards the end, she writes, “I myself have not seen Show Dogs, but have read multiple reviews that clearly state this content in the movie.” Wait a minute… what? You’re calling for a boycott of the movie, but you’ve not even seen it? You’re a state leader acting on anecdotal evidence without even checking it out for yourself? Maybe therapy did enable me to be empathetic and to her point, I do give credence to Book’s criticism of the movie.īut the review reveals something else about Book that I wish she would consider herself before making any political moves. To a non-victim, dog show dogs having their genitals inspected is something we don’t think about.
To a victim, it may evoke terrifying memories. Perhaps, someone who has been sexually abused may see the scene from a different perspective than someone who has not been.
The objectionable scene is one “where the hero prepares to compete in a dog show by learning how to prance, show, and even stay completely still while his private parts are being inspected and touched” She equates the practice to “grooming”. She calls for the removal of the scene before it’s release or a boycott of the film. In an interesting guest column in, State Senator Lauren Book tells parents they should avoid taking their children to see the kid’s movie “Show Dogs” because of a scene which she calls ‘disturbing’.