| Overall: | D |
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| Violence: | B |
| Sexual Content: | B- |
| Language: | D+ |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | B |
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After watching a movie with your children or students, we encourage parents and teachers to look for education opportunities to teach with movies. Here are a few discussion topics that can help with lesson plans or teaching in the home.
Madam LaLaurie is a dark chapter in New Orleans history. Do you think it’s appropriate to turn an event that lead to the painful deaths of many people into an entertainment product?
Why do you think a movie like this would be selected by Trimark Pictures for wide distribution? Could you make a movie with this level of production quality?
If you’re interested in knowing more about Madam LaLaurie, check this New Orleans’ information website at www.nola.com/lalaurie/ . However, be aware that the newspaper clippings and historical documents contain descriptions that may be unsettling and disturbing to some readers.
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Rod Gustafson has worked in various media industries since 1977. He founded Parent Previews in 1993, and today continues to write and broadcast the reviews in newspapers, on radio and (of course) on the Internet. He currently serves as the President of the Alberta Association for Media Awareness, a provincial non-profit society. He also authors a regular column for The Parent's Television Council in Los Angeles. He and his wife Donna have four children.
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