continued (Children's Hour)

Are the audience implicated in the accusations? Yes, because we are asking the same questions; we want to know the truth. No, because we have seen that the child has made up the lies (she is spiteful, she manipulates her grandmother). Hmmm.

We have too many questions over the two women, so we align ourselves to the boyfriend, who we know is faithful and trusting. He acts with integrity and we empathise with him because we are in a similar position - we believe that the child is lying, but we are still curious (this is key). We still have doubts. We want it to be true? Through voyeurism? Through a fascination. To be disgusted with what we are not. What are we? - pure, healthy, heterosexual. We want to see a degradation we can hate, yet be morbidly fascinated with (voyeurism!). Again, we come full circle and are implicated with the accusors.