![]() One dubious scene: a kiss between Shields, who was 11 at the time, and 28-year-old co-star David Carradine - though Shields said recently on The Drew Barrymore Show that Carradine was “gracious” and “protective” of her on set. The film was deemed so problematic even by 1978 standards that it sparked countless articles debating its decency, and the British Board of Film Classification carefully debated whether it should be legal. And Shields really creates a character here her subtlety and depth are astonishing. But hes thoughtful and almost cautious in his approach: Given the films subject matter and its obligatory sex scenes, Malle shows taste and restraint. The film sympathizes with Shields’ character, Violet, but raised understandable alarm because it shows Shields undressed. Before anyone had seen 'Pretty Baby,' Malle was being accused of exploiting that fact. The film takes its title from Pretty Baby, the Louise Malle film based on a true case of a 12-year-old, raised in a brothel, and forced into exploitation by her mother. ![]() ![]() The new Hulu documentary Brooke Shields: Pretty Baby catalogues the countless ways that Hollywood men sought to sexualize Shields from an early age. Pretty Baby (1978) You could make a whole documentary about the exploitation of Brooke Shields - and she did ![]()
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