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Written on the DVD box, under the title - My Kid Could Paint That - is this question: “American dream or art world scheme?” Why do you think the film does not answer this question for us?

I feel this question is not clearly answered by the film, however Marlas art career experiences both these factors for example;
American dream; 4 year old girl who already has had her art collected and admired world wide and made $33,000.
Art World Scheme; Did Marla really paint this pictures? 4 year prodigy sells paintings faster than a 24 year old at the same level.

The film is open enough to allow us as viewers to draw are own conclusion on that statement. If i watched the film and thought that Marla was forced into this, or that it is ruining her childhood as she is put in spotlight and has a had her family rediculed publically, i might say this was a horrible world art scheme that shouldnt have happened.
However if i looked at this documentary from the American Dream point of view, i would say this girl at 4 years old is already an superstar from the modern art world who will continue to be a success.
I feel that its not how the director intended the documentary to be, i feel he set out to almost answer this question, however the cycle of events that Marlas storied followed ment this question was unanswerable and you as an individual would have to draw your won conclusions.