British actor Aaron Johnson recently came under fire for explicit language used by 11-year old actress Chloe Martez in his new movie 'Kick-ass,' Johnson targeted Rihanna and her lyrics as also being racy but still allowed to play on the radio without any censorship.
“I mean, on the radio you have Rihanna playing where it’s like, ‘Come on rude boy can you get it up/Are you big enough?/Come on take it, take it; that’s what love is…’ – there’s eight-year-old girls singing songs like that! I think that’s more controversial than something like Kick-A*s.
“Then there’s the mothers who’ll complain and then take their daughters to beauty pageants. These kids are gonna be f**ked up by the time they’re 16, all wanting to get face-lifts. Or they play with a plastic Barbie doll and think that’s what you’re supposed to look like when you grow up.
“It’s all wrong. That’s controversial to me. The fact that the critics can’t look past that and see a talented and brilliant actress is beyond me. They’re just stupid people.”
Should there be more censorship in our music or is should critics let an artist be an artist? There hasn't been much controversy surrounding the racy lyrics of Rihanna's 'Rude Boy.' Rihanna is old enough to speak on subjects like these, but what about child actors. Do they set a different standard just based on age or have the same rules like an artist like Rihanna? You be the judge.
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