Tell it like it is !

Wollongong City Employment Training ( WCET ) was set up to help the long term unemployed and work for the dole people gain skills to enable them to compete in the work place.
One of the projects undertaken was the production of a twenty-four minute short film named " Lifelike ".
The producers commented that the people working on this film were enthusiastic and devoted to the point of volunteering their time well over the paid limits. This enthusiasm resulted in a production that the gifted writer thought might make the film a hit at one of the short film festivals.
Those hopes were dashed when WCET canned the project and refused to allow the film to be finished. WCET expressed the opinion that the subject matter was " inappropriate " - and that it contained references to drugs, swearing and sexual matters.
It seems that what WCET expected was the usual, bland " drugs are bad " piece of nonsense that is totally ignored by the younger generation - but gets an enthusiastic nod from the older people who wouldn't have a clue what is happening in the drug world.
This film is cutting edge reality. The drug scene has it's share of psychosis resulting in violence. Dependence on drugs often results in prostitution to get the money to buy drugs - and the physical depravity and disease is not a pretty picture - but for the viewer it is a case of " welcome to the real world ".
The " real world " is obviously a foreign place to the leaders of WCET. Haven't they been to the movies in the past few decades ? Don't they realise that the world has turned a few times since " bloody " was considered swearing ? Now the " F " word is common in films and in pub talk.
This film is reality that just might cause some young people to back off when peer pressure offers them drugs. Sadly - it will probably never see the light of day - and even more sadly - Twenty thousand dollars that could have made a small difference in the drug fight is going to be wasted.
All because some of our supposed leaders are stuck in a time warp !