'David After Dentist' is viral video gold, but at what price?
Could that stack of camcorder videos contain the next YouTube hit waiting to happen?
A few recent clips have raised the question 鈥� and eyebrows.
Take "." The video of a 7 year-old reacting to the effects of a dental procedure has been viewed just under 6.5 million times since it was posted a little over a week ago.
Then there's "," which has stacked up more than 80 million views in a year and a half.
And commercial versions are gaining in popularity too 鈥� who can forget the 's Super Bowl spots? And what about the that AIG turned into a commercial before it started feeding kids to read?
Speaking of grown-up sounding lines, Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's FunnyOrDie.com caused controversy last year with "," a sketch that featured too-cute 2 year-old Pearl McKay spouting expletives, demanding rent money, and berating Ferrell.聽 Some wondered if posting the child's acted-out antics didn't amount to exploitation. McKay insists he wasn't exploiting his daughter and claims she was at a stage of repeating anything said to her without retaining it.
The caught up with the man behind the "Dentist" video and addressed these concerns:
David鈥檚 father, also named David DeVore, says his son was safe the entire time and finds the video very funny. Mr. DeVore says he filmed his son to help ease his fear of doctor鈥檚 appointments. 鈥淚 was trying to teach him that the anticipation is probably much worse than the actual event,鈥� Mr. DeVore said. 鈥淭his might not have been the right case to give an example.鈥�
