Uproar over Cuties

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So I see Cuties is currently trending on social media, along with #CancelNetflix. While it was out in France some time ago, they’ve just put it out on Netflix.

I haven’t seen it myself (and have no intention of doing so) but a lot of people are commenting that the movie is even worse (in terms of containing borderline pedophilia content) than the ‘racey’ poster that got people so angry a few weeks ago, suggested. Netflix had changed the poster a few weeks ago because people were offended by it, but they can’t change the content of the movie.
 
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I thought the same! I got all excited that this would be about clementine oranges and then this post jogged my memory about the Netflix controversy.
 
It’s quite funny because I’m reading articles on the left about how the angry reaction to Cuties is way over the top and how, basically, ‘the mob’ is trying to cancel it. Haha, the left saying this. All they do is want stuff to be cancelled.
 
I only know that the ‘controversy’ is about the sexualisation of children. Really, really happy to cancel this.
 
There is a concerted international campaign to promote this film and its message by the critics in the pay of the media.
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And from the leading “conservative” UK broadsheet daily:

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Hit them where it truly hurts! In the pocket!!
 
The movie comes out of France but, did one know, I believe said in this article, it comes from a Senegalese immigrant producer?? Senegal, one of the former French colonies in Africa and days ago, I heard, Turkey banned it off of the netflix platform.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-netflix-cuties-movie-banned-underage-exploitation

So, this was days ago before this “scandal” really hit the US, I would find it hard to think there is some real conspiratorial right wing purpose here.

Turkey banned it, who knows who else did?
 
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I just looked up the US and French release posters as I read that there was a big controversy over how it was promoted in US vs. France.
Honestly if all I saw was the French poster, I would have thought it was a movie about young girls having fun dancing.
The US poster is pretty horrifying by contrast.
 
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It’s pissed off the right people? What, people who are against the sexualisation of children as young as 11? Yeah they sound like jerks.
Victoria33 said:
The movie comes out of France but, did one know, I believe said in this article, it comes from a Senegalese immigrant producer?
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To be honest, I am trying now to look at it in a different light, and seeing it for the supposed message it is trying to convey. I looked up the director and watched an interview she did.


Firstly, I can see why the left is defending this movie so much. Not only is the lead character of African decent, but the director is French-Senegalese. It’s identity politics once again. How dare the ‘evil right’ attack a black director making a movie about the experiences of a young black girl is pretty much what much of the left is thinking.

In her interview, Maimouna Doucoure says ‘cuties is a very feminist film with an activist message’. She also says she wants to show that Islam is actually very respectful of women (the main character in the film is from a Muslim family). Again, the ‘evil right’ wants to diminish both of these things.

On the other hand, perhaps the right have overreacted a bit? The film, from what I understand from the few clips I have seen and having now watched this interview with the producer, isn’t promoting this type of thing. If anything, it’s trying to show what young girls believe they have to aspire to. It shows what young girls are doing and in her interview, the director talks about how we need to try and prevent this. Having said that, I have also heard there are some very sexual moves in the dances performed by the girl, including crotch grabbing. This is dangerous. Whatever the message, I think those types of scene could attract the wrong type of audience.
 
I don’t understand why the islamists haven’t tried to cancel this movie, after all the main character is a young Muslim girl.
 
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Seems to me it might just be to appeal to their target audience. Little girls movie, but must be 18+ to view. What does that say to you? This is not a “educate little girls on morality” piece.
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Good point, although it might theoretically be to educate adults about what could be happening to children, possible even their own?
 
The director says its about “feminism”. This helps apply the usual talking points to ever younger girls. Saying an 11year old “is a woman” pushes the point further.
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I just watched the trailer. It seems like a story that actually could happen. We all know that girls that age are likely to be doing things behind their parents’ backs like twerking and trying to dress and act so they look several years older and can lie about their age (as one girl does in the trailer). I’m not saying it’s okay behavior, but it’s what happens.

However, I’m uncomfortable with it being made the subject of a heavily promoted movie because it likely will attract pedophiles. If this is being pushed by the left it’s also going to give the right more ammo for their pedophile conspiracy theories.
 
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Absolutely. Just the type of thing they like, and totally legal to watch. I don’t believe someone makes a production like this, promotes it as “feminism”, and makes it 18+ to view as an accident. Seems “tailor made” for that group.
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Again I agree. There are ways to get your message out, if that’s really the intention of the movie and not to just cause controversy around it (because controversy sells), than graphically showing young girls touch themselves in intimate areas while dancing. You could suggest it happened in a scene without actually showing it.
 
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I have also heard there are some very sexual moves in the dances performed by the girl, including crotch grabbing. This is dangerous. Whatever the message, I think those types of scene could attract the wrong type of audience.
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It was very very uncomfortable to watch.

It’s one of those things where even though the motive behind the film may be “good”, the execution of it sexualised the poor actresses and all of the girls who had to dance this way in auditions.

While I get the director’s intention may be the opposite of what we’re accusing her of, I refuse to believe everyone working on this film had the purest intentions tbh. I appreciate that she pointed out how the West’s objectification of women is another form of oppression. I just felt like the execution could be better.

Anyway, as a woman she should be aware of how the girls were portrayed. On top of that, the film is released to the masses. Only an idiot would think pedophiles won’t flock to this film for these scenes.

It’s like killing an animal to show the animal abuse is wrong. The cameras literally focused on the girls’ butts/crotches. Hell no.
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Exactly. When liberals were defending it when the trailer came out I thought they were going to do it this way. Now that the film is out and the clips are circulating, everyone I know is horrified. That being said, I’m annoyed at people framing it as a “right wing outraged, left wing celebrates” type of narrative. The average person is disgusted, although some left nuts are promoting it right now.
 
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I’ve read the parental warnings on the movie and it made me do a double take.
 
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I don’t understand why the islamists haven’t tried to cancel this movie, after all the main character is a young Moslem girl.
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Muslims on social media were exceptionally angry at it
 
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