of course and this film be controversial and but it be mostly and if not completely and factual . it the deep south and people . that classic new orleans . catholic whore and whip and swamp and child in the whorehouse and racism and the accent and the voodoo and the attitude and the sexuality . it all part of the deep south in the 20th century . the only thing miss be the crawdad and mardi gras . and i can understand the bad review and but those of you who do not think this be an excellent film do not understand the era nor the neck of the wood . now and what i like about this film be the actuality . there be still actual whore who be 12 or young . they be in the underbelly of the city and ban from the french quarter . of course the whore portray be high class . they be those one would find on bourbon street . and when storyville be still run and the red light district would promote each slut it have . even madame nell know to auction off a preteen virginity be illegal and but it still happen . i be glad this film be make . of course and american director do not have the gut to display this kind of truth . i understand it may not have be necessary to show mrs. shield nude and but if anyone have read the trivia and it state a large number of young girl who turn the role down . her parent obviously know what be go to happen and still allow her to participate . it be a role which not every preteen could portray . mrs. shield be extremely mature and play her part very well . i wouldn not say it pedophilia . there be some who may find pleasure in a twelve year old lady part and but bellocq love her for her innocence . he even ask her to not speak a a whore . it real . it what actually happen . it not what would have happen today and but it be truthful . it be a different time in a different place . for instance and edgar allan poe and one of the great american writer in history and marry his own cousin . this may be strange today and but back then and it may and repeat may and have be common . in ancient egypt and pharaoh marry their own sister . this make more sense and though represent they want to keep their bloodline pure . puberty be the time when the body be ready to conceive and reproduce . therefore and the teen year be originally mean for marriage . it not out of pornography that malle create this film . it out of truth . it be true . today and still . the mob show exactly what all of you who despise this film believe . it take a lot of thought to produce this film . the architecture and the plant life and the community and the underage drinking . from what i have see and know grow up around here and it all pretty much true . i believe what you dislike be that it actually happen . it a historical film . it factual . new orleans have change and but there be no escape of the past . the saint just win the superbowl after 43 year of failure . we can not escape the fact that our first playoff game be in 1990 and 23 year after the team manifest . we can not escape the fact that katrina devastation could have be slimly less grim because those who be too hard head to flee stayed and die . we can not escape the fact that we once be the murder capital of the united state . we can escape the fact that we be the murder capital of the united state and but only for the same reason that so many of you be complain . time have change and but those time be forever in history . time will change again . fortunately and we weren not too late for the time to change and this movie to never have exist . thank you .