Harry Potter might have been the safer choice.
An 11-year-old boy in Manchester has been “excluded” from his high school’s World Book Day celebrations when he turned up to class as Christian Grey.
Yep. Complete with cable ties and an eye mask.
offensive costume.Excluded from photos, told to change yet teacher dressed as a serial killer and others with guns? pic.twitter.com/8OTZ9gPvEh
— nicola scholes (@clangar) March 5, 2015
Little Liam’s mum Nicola Sholes said she received a phone call from teachers saying the costume was deemed inappropriate and he would be banned from the day’s themed events and class photo.
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Nicola, who herself is a primary school teacher, told the Manchester Evening News: “We thought it was funny. We were walking home from school and he had the idea of going as Christian Grey.
“At first we laughed it off but the we discussed it with a few friends and saw the funny side and decided it was quite a good costume idea.”
“If it was a primary school I could understand but it’s a secondary school and the book and the film have been everywhere — it’s one of the most famous books in recent years and it’s not like the pupils will be unaware of it,” she added.
Related: 11 things with more sex appeal than 50 Shades’ Christian Grey.
“One of the teachers went dressed as Dexter and I don’t see why sex is seen as more offensive than murder.”
The high school is yet to comment on the issue.
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Personally I would say the teacher is just as bad, dressing as Dexter. Regardless of whether it's high school or primary school, it's about what is age appropriate.
If they're going to allow Dexter... well.
Also, I don't think shouting them off as bad parents is fair. When I was 12, I read 'The Beauty Trilogy' by Anne Rice. If you've heard of it, you know it's BDSM/Fantasy Erotica that puts 50 Shades to shame. I got it from the public library. Does that mean I have bad parents? No. And it didn't destroy me. I'm a fairly well adjusted person in that sense.
Give it a rest. Christian Grey is really no worse than what so many other students were going as. The only reason it goy banned was because of the hype.