Bully Movie Analysis

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Lee Hirsch released a documentary, Bully, in 2012 that reveals the true horrors of bullying. Hirsch travels all over the United States to capture the torture dealt out by junior sadists. Even though the movie came out with an original rating of “R”, the rating is reversed to the present day rating of “not rated”. The movie Bully, which story lines five victims of bullying is meant for all audiences, children and adults alike. Adults and children equally need to learn about bullying where as adults need to realize that bullying is a real problem and children need to realize that bullying is wrong.
The documentary is meant to educate those who are ignorant of how horrid the practice of bullying is. Parents are a large part of this group who …show more content…

Although the rating of the movie can cause a debate that can last years, parent discretion is always the final say. Parents should be encouraging their children to watch this movie for multiple reasons. When younger minors watch this movie, they are getting a sense of the real world instead of the protected one that their parents have built for them. Students eventually will have to stand up to a bully and through this film children will better “navigate the defined roles of bully, bullied, and bystander…” (Philllips) This film shows younger audiences what bullying actually looks likes and thus they will be better-equipped in recognizing it in real life. Children are learning that bullying is wrong and that even the slightest taunting can be hurtful. Fellow classmates need to be more conscious of one another’s feelings. Hirsch educates this audience on what is right and wrong in handling a bully situation. The audience learns the downfalls of each of the victims and how they learn from them to help stop bullying. For example, Ja’Meya now knows that aggression is not the solution in stopping her abusers, another example includes Kelby’s realization that trying to end bullying alone is useless so she joins Stand for the Silent. America’s youth is able to decipher from Ja’Meya’s and Kelby’s decisions and apply them to solving their own problems at school or community. Children now days know more than adults think they do. The level on which a person can understand what is right and wrong has moved to a much younger age in recent years. Through internet, television, and word of mouth students gather information about various amounts of topics-appropriate and inappropriate. Adults cannot protect what children see or hear every day during every second. The documentary is evidence to what students already see on a daily basis and many youths

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