Information for Parents

Rosewood

Rosewood

Common Sense Media Age 16

Parents Need To Know

Positive Messages
Community members of different races try to unite (though secretly) to save lives.
Positive Role Models & Representations
Violence
Men are murdered, Black men are lynched, a woman is shot and dies. A woman is beaten by her lover and her husband. Gun violence, some blood, graphic scenes that include gore. Black men are badly beaten; at times their faces become deformed. Gun use. Men are hunted by dogs; scenes with dead bodies. A young boy is encouraged by his father to hold a noose around a man's neck. Talk of rape.
Sex
A man's bare buttocks shown in sex scene. Sex scene between married woman and her lover. Kissing, some sexual innuendo.
Language
Frequent use of the "N" word.
Consumerism
There's bidding for property, and the working families are greatly impacted by their access to resources. This mostly Black community is middle and working class.
Education Value
Ease of Play
Privacy
Some adult drinking and cigar smoking.
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