Liam Scholes, aged 11, dressed up as Christian Grey from Fifty Shades of Grey for World Book Day at his school, Sale High School. He wore a grey suit and carried cable ties and an eye mask, resulting in him being excluded from any photographs by his school and he was not allowed to join in with the celebrations until his costume had been modified. Liam's mother, Nicola Scholes believes that "it has been massively blown out of proportion. It was meant as a laugh and tongue-in-cheek." and all of his classmates found it funny whereas the school had no sense of humour.
Ms Scholes also believes that some of the costumes worn by others were much more inappropriate than Liam's and many dressed up as characters "that kill others" such as James Bond and turned up to the school with toy guns which were deemed acceptable and she claims: "personally, I'm more offended by a murderer".
How I feel about the news story:
The book trilogy and film, Fifty Shades of Grey has been given an 18 certificate and contains strong sex and nudity so it is reasonably obvious why the school reacted in such a strong way to Liam's costume. However, it should not have been taken so seriously as Liam did to aim to offend anyone and I believe dressing up as a murderer should be more of a concern to the school as it could influence the behaviour of their pupils.
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