Points of Praxis

My Blog Reflects on Visual Rhetorical Theory and Disability Rhetoric and their Connections to Classical and Contemporary Rhetorical Theory

A story of interest to those interested in the rhetoric of disability:  A group of teenagers from Melbourne, Australia filmed, editing, and distributed a home video they titled, Cunt:  The Movie in which the teenagers performed a series of Jackass-like stunts and pranks.  One particular prank involved luring a 17 year-old girl with "mild developmental delays" into the woods where they filmed themselves urinating on her, setting her hair on fire, sexually assulting her, and throwing her clothes into the nearby river.  The teenagers' (unrepentant) crimes were only known after they began selling the video (which also included credits with each teenager's name listed) for A$5 at their schools. 

If you'd like to check out the story, it's already been wiki'ed:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cunt:_The_Movie

posted by: rgregory at 15:48 | link | comments |

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