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“Renfro's early death has raised questions as to whether Hollywood's systems for protecting child actors' welfare are adequate for at-risk youth acting in films, since they rely on the child's parent or guardian to supervise them when off set. Many of those who worked on sets with Renfro said his grandmother, with whom he had lived since the age of five, could not control him. In fact, she may have been disincentivized to do so, even to the point of taking him off productions, which she alone had the authority to do, since she was dependent as well on his earnings.”

Raised questions by whom? Where is the citation or source for this? It reads like an opinion. Also, starting a sentence off with “In fact”, doesn’t sound encyclopedic. I might remove this section in a day if no one cleans it up. Paige Matheson (talk) 23:25, 23 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Fans are asking questions in light of recent news coverage.

https://www.cnn.com/2014/10/16/showbiz/celebrity-news-gossip/john-grisham-child-pornography/index.html https://variety.com/2019/biz/news/bryan-singer-allegations-sex-underage-boys-1203115090/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.196.141.255 (talk) 21:07, 10 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Role of film industry section[edit]

Closing discussion initiated by banned User:HarveyCarter

The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.

This section is all sourced to one gossipy article that contains a lot of allegations but few facts. It should either be trimmed considerably, or removed. (86.150.124.63 (talk) 16:29, 25 January 2022 (UTC))[reply]

The source is from Buzzfeed News which is a reliable source so I don't think that there is an issue with the sourcing. However, I think that an entire section regurgitating the source violates WP:UNDUE. Some of this section should be moved to other places and the rest removed to help balance the article better.

The paragraph about underage alcohol consumption can be moved to the substance abuse section.
The Apt Pupil sentence could be moved to the section about the film
I'm not sure that the first or third paragraphs really add anything to the article.

Any one have any views on this?RicDod (talk) 19:00, 27 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Joeyconnick: Do you have any views on the above proposal? RicDod (talk) 08:53, 30 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Brian Singer[edit]

Why is there no mention of the well documented abuse by Brian Singer? 73.133.13.68 (talk) 17:07, 21 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Houseing[edit]

Brad did live with his grandmother but it was in a house not in a trailer park. I went to Lincoln park elementry school with him . his HOUSE was right down from mine and the school. 2600:1702:1870:2430:98F9:4430:839F:E24C (talk) 00:55, 3 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]