So today I read an article about Jake Lloyd. If you are not familiar with that name, I'm really not surprised. Jake was the young boy who played Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace. The article told how Jake's childhood after Star Wars became "a living hell" and how the bullies at his school would "make the sound of a light saber every time they saw" him. This made him drop out of acting, and throw away all his Star Wars memorabilia.
I am so sorry, but I have trouble feeling sorry for him. I know there are people out there who are bullied horrible, either physically or verbally. Kids who are struggling with homosexuality, kids who are handicapped or retarded are often bullied. Fat kids (like I was) are bullied. But for kids to pic on you because of a movie you were in, this is a simple case of "I'm jealous of you, so I will mock you to try and make you feel bad" And Jake let the stupid jealous kids win. He let them destroy his life, even though he was a star in the #4 money-making movie of all time. He could have totally turned the tables on the kids, but he let them beat him. For the average kid struggling against bullying, they have little they can do to turn the bullying around; but please mister child movie star, don't ask me to feel sorry for you because kids made light saber noises around you.
Oh, and Jake, May the Force be With You!
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