Talk:Brad Renfro

We miss u Brad Renfro!!!!

WE MISS U — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.199.91.46 (talk) 19:34, 11 October 2014 (UTC)

His fans may find this interesting...

I met him in 2004, when we did court-ordered community service together. I had never seen any of his films, but I recognized his name. We worked for the Hollywood Beautification Team and our tasks included sweeping. I don't recall if we talked, but the conversation was probably along the lines of: "Pass me that broom."

He had sort of a manic sense of humor (like Robin Williams). He made a joke about Scooby Doo. When I heard of his passing, it affected me a little more than most celebrity deaths. I felt like, "Hey! I knew that guy!" 144.178.0.144 (talk) 18:57, 15 May 2018 (UTC) Darwin

What?

“Renfro's early death has raised questions as to whether Hollywood's systems for protecting child actors' welfare are adequate for at-risk youth acting in films, since they rely on the child's parent or guardian to supervise them when off set. Many of those who worked on sets with Renfro said his grandmother, with whom he had lived since the age of five, could not control him. In fact, she may have been disincentivized to do so, even to the point of taking him off productions, which she alone had the authority to do, since she was dependent as well on his earnings.”

Raised questions by whom? Where is the citation or source for this? It reads like an opinion. Also, starting a sentence off with “In fact”, doesn’t sound encyclopedic. I might remove this section in a day if no one cleans it up. Paige Matheson (talk) 23:25, 23 June 2018 (UTC)

Fans are asking questions in light of recent news coverage.

https://www.cnn.com/2014/10/16/showbiz/celebrity-news-gossip/john-grisham-child-pornography/index.html https://variety.com/2019/biz/news/bryan-singer-allegations-sex-underage-boys-1203115090/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.196.141.255 (talk) 21:07, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

Issues

I share some of the concerns that have been mentioned on this talk page in prior years. The article seems heavy on Renfro's troubles and light on his actual work. The Buzzfeed article on Renfro is relevant and should be included, but it shouldn't dominate the article the way it did; the article is about Renfro himself and not about the film industry in general. Also, some of the information on his personal life seems a bit "he said, she said" and not completely verifiable. For example, there was an indication from someone who worked with him in his teen years that he had had an older girlfriend and was sexually active with her. I removed it on the grounds that talking about the sex life of a dead individual based on a reporter's account of the recollection of a coworker who worked with that individual some time ago seems incredibly tenuous and not very encyclopedic. We're trying to be an encyclopedia here, not The National Enquirer.

I have trimmed some of the material on Renfro's personal life and some of the Buzzfeed material. The portion of the article on his career could use some more sources and some expansion, and it has been tagged accordingly. SunCrow (talk) 10:54, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

Role of film industry section

This section is all sourced to one gossipy article that contains a lot of allegations but few facts. It should either be trimmed considerably, or removed. (86.150.124.63 (talk) 16:29, 25 January 2022 (UTC))

The source is from Buzzfeed News which is a reliable source so I don't think that there is an issue with the sourcing. However, I think that an entire section regurgitating the source violates WP:UNDUE. Some of this section should be moved to other places and the rest removed to help balance the article better.

• The paragraph about underage alcohol consumption can be moved to the substance abuse section.
• The Apt Pupil sentence could be moved to the section about the film
• I'm not sure that the first or third paragraphs really add anything to the article.

Any one have any views on this?RicDod (talk) 19:00, 27 January 2022 (UTC)