As a former 8th grade teacher, I would say that he was LESS interested in sex than most boys his age.
What should I do, then? Send her a gift? Sacrifice? … Unholy fruit basket?
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Scrappy - Aug 02, 2011 11:12:09 am PDT #15890 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Laga - Aug 02, 2011 11:16:52 am PDT #15891 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
the entire film takes place in such a candy-colored universe that I kind of go along with the flow.
This
but as long as we're talking about it.
I don't think Josh realized what was happening and as such he never gave informed consent. Unfortunately for Susan, due to the supernatural circumstances she had no reason to question that she was sleeping with an adult. Could a non-fictional person tell that Josh lacked the comprehension of most adults? I think so.
Laga - Aug 02, 2011 11:17:55 am PDT #15892 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
As a former 8th grade teacher, I would say that he was LESS interested in sex than most boys his age.
I agree, Josh as portayed by Hanks seems a lot younger than 13.
§ ita § - Aug 02, 2011 11:19:21 am PDT #15893 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
he never gave informed consent.
Not possible for a 13 year old anyway.
Laga - Aug 02, 2011 11:20:39 am PDT #15894 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
true, true.
Typo Boy - Aug 02, 2011 11:21:58 am PDT #15895 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
But I remember being 13. Totally would not have turned down sex with a girl my age or with a grown women. Does not change the ick factor, but I'm pretty sure I remember how much I wanted sex at that age.
[and just to make it clear, no I could not have given consent and if an adult had taken advantage it would have been rape. But I would have said yes.]
Jesse - Aug 02, 2011 11:23:48 am PDT #15896 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Consent doesn't count when you're underage. Statutory rape isn't about wanting it or not.
Laga - Aug 02, 2011 11:26:10 am PDT #15897 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
If a woman asked to spend the night would you have known exactly what she meant?
(not saying that makes it OK, saying Hanks played it too young)
Steph L. - Aug 02, 2011 11:38:31 am PDT #15898 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
saying Hanks played it too young
Maybe the script was written so that the response wasn't what a 13-year-old boy would have made, but Hanks had to play the script he was given.
t edit And I think the script makes it clear that it's a genuine misunderstanding (as well as an opportunity for the screenwriter to make a yuk-yuk-yuk double entendre, durr hurr.)
t edit again Laga, were you talking about the "Do you mean sleep over?" scene? Or the later scene with the actual sexy sex? Because I'm referring to the "Do you mean sleep over?" scene.
tommyrot - Aug 02, 2011 1:06:57 pm PDT #15899 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I had no interest in sex whatsoever until I was 15.