You need kids like me...???

I am not easily shocked; but, this is pretty crazy.  Marc Klasfeld of Rockhard Films put on a remake of the 1983 gangster movie Scarface...with kids.  Seven to ten year old children to be exact.  Scarface is one of my favorite movies of all time, but that doesn't make me at all interested in this child abuse stage version.

You can check out the article on CNN for the full story.

What a twisted individual.  The video above shows a few highlights (or lowlights depending on how you look at it) of the production.  The full version can be found on YouTube if you are so inclined.  Throughout the play the children actually do a pretty good job of re-creating the Brian DePalma film.  From piles of popcorn filling in for cocaine, NERF guns for actual weapons or abreviated curse words for expletives the children are eerily close to the film version of Scarface. 

Call me old-fashioned, but I don't think replacing "fudge" and "B" for the actual swear words is acceptable language for a 7 year old.  Introducing these children to this culture at their formative ages is a disgrace; this is especially true because the children are in the spotlight.  They are incouraged and rewarded for their acceptance and proficiency in swearing and gun waving.  It doesn't take a child psychologist to know that the children will now see this as acceptable behavior and replicate it later in life.

Klasfeld claims that it is all in the spirit of the 'viral video.' The producer goes on to say that he thinks the experience is positive for the children as it prepares them to deal with violence that exisits in the world.

Mr. Klasfeld, you are an idiot.  You should be put in jail for taking advantage of these children for your own benefit.