Do you guys remember that very special episode of Diff’rent Strokes where Arnold was talked into going to that “photographer’s” house who tried to take naked pictures of him, but Arnold escaped barely (hahahaha “barely”, naked pics, get it???) and the moral of the story was that kids should not let strangers take naked pictures of them?

Cate Blanchett seems to have missed that episode.

She and 40 others are supporting photographer Bill Henson after the Australian Prime Minister said the photog might face criminal charges for an exhibit featuring naked underage girls. Upwards of 20 photos were confiscated by police, including one of a nude 13-year-old and another featuring a naked, unconscious young girl being carried by two other naked peeps.

But Cate thinks this is a horrid censor of art. A letter to the Prime Minister signed by the actress — herself a mother of three — says:

The potential prosecution of one of our most respected artists…does untold damage to our culture reputation,” the letter said. “We suggest that the… criminalisation of laying charges against Mr Henson, his gallery and the parents of the young people depicted in his work would be far more traumatic for the young people concerned than anything Mr. Henson has done.”

How did this guy convince the girls to get naked? When I was 13 I wouldn’t let my own mother see me change clothes.