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Controversial Issues In Little Miss Sunshine

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The movie “Little Miss Sunshine” brings up lots of issues that relate to controversial issues in our culture the biggest issue that arises is related to beauty pageants. Putting young girls in beauty pageants over sexulizes them because the large amounts of makeup, hair, and skimpy outfits. When we follow Olive through this process of going into pageantry we see issues arise about body image and exploiting young girls. “The broken Hoover family focuses on the one bright spot in their lives, the unexpected opportunity for the youngest, least damaged, most hopeful member to ascend to a kind of royal status, the title of Little Miss Sunshine.” (Beck 4)

The first issue that is presented is when Olive orders ice cream for breakfast, she was happy …show more content…

The first says “She's a very kinky girl, The kind you don't take home to mother; She will never let your spirits down, Once you get her off the street.” This is suggesting that she is a prostitute because it talks of getting her off the street, as in off the street corner where prostitute are known to be. The next verse says “That girl is pretty wild now; The girl's a super freak; The kind of girl you read about In the new wave magazines. That girl is pretty kinky; The girl's a super freak; I'd really like to taste her Ev'ry time we meet. She's alright; she's alright; That girl's alright with me yeah. She's a super freak, super freak She's super freaky; super freak, super freak.” This is talking about sexual encounters with the girl in the song and it is nothing for a little girl to be singing to. Another verse in this song says. “Three's not a crowd to her, she said; "Room 714, I'll be waiting." When I get there she's got incense, wine and candles; It's such a freaky scene.” This is discussing that she is ok with having sex with more than person and that she would just give out her room number for anyone to join her. With saying this we still know that Olive had no idea what any of this meant or that her dancing was provocative she was just doing doing what her grandfather had taught her to do she was just out there to have fun like all the other girls they do not realize that they are sexualizing their bodies they just want to go out there and have a good

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