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mythteller) wrote2010-04-13 07:51 pm
mythteller) wrote2010-04-13 07:51 pm
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Rating a Story CD for Children/Adults
I'm about to release a new CD of stories that I've recorded called "The Bard's New Hat" and I'm trying to figure out how I should market it.
Off the top, I would say that the stories are family-friendly, but there's one story that has an element that may put some people off. In the story "Brahma and the Brahman", there is a character that lives her life as a prostitute. I don't go into graphic detail about her business, but I'm wondering if just mentioning this occupation in this story puts the whole CD out of the Family-Friendly category.
I'd rather not remove the story from the CD, but I worry that it might be irresponsible or unethical to sell the CD when I know children will be listening to that story. How big a deal do you think this is?
Update: Listen to the story here.
Off the top, I would say that the stories are family-friendly, but there's one story that has an element that may put some people off. In the story "Brahma and the Brahman", there is a character that lives her life as a prostitute. I don't go into graphic detail about her business, but I'm wondering if just mentioning this occupation in this story puts the whole CD out of the Family-Friendly category.
I'd rather not remove the story from the CD, but I worry that it might be irresponsible or unethical to sell the CD when I know children will be listening to that story. How big a deal do you think this is?
Update: Listen to the story here.
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On the other hand, I'm not a parent and can't know what parents will find offensive or non-child-friendly. Also, I suspect I fall on the more liberal, open-minded end of the spectrum when it comes to these things.
Hence asking the parents themselves, or at least a sampling thereof. It's not that I don't know the story, it's that I don't know how parents will react.