Originally Posted by
Dan Druff
You guys realize that the show can be "anti child exploitation" while still depicting it in a fashion where it becomes child exploitation itself, right?
I really don't give a shit about the message. It either depicts kids inappropriately, or it doesn't.
Can someone who has watched it give an honest assessment of this? I am so tired of the politicization of everything, but it's kinda looking like the right is correct, if the left's answer is, "Hey, it's AGAINST exploitation!"
Alright here you go... Watched this this morning. Keep in mind I'm very liberal when it comes to censorship. I pretty much support all forms of art as long as not illegal or exploitative. That includes support for conservative speakers on college campuses. I abhor cancel culture from either the left or right. One of my fav movies is "funny Games" which was specifically made to disturb the viewer.
I imagine Druff you remember watching "kids" in the 90s and the outrage that came from it? If you weren't offended by that movie you should be fine with this. It is still disturbing (no more than a few minutes) but that's the point. Honestly cuties is pretty tame in the sexuality department. There are no sexual relationships depicted in the entire movie or even sexual predators (which it could have easily done). Not even a kiss... The first hour of the movie is especially tame as it is clear you are dealing with broken little girls who are trying to find acceptance through sexuality (largely taught through social media). In fact the movie makes it constantly clear that the girls have a very poor idea of most sexual education or knowledge. They also consistently portray them as young girls in terms of their interests and interactions. It isn't until the final 30 mins when they even learn to twerk properly. It is very uncomfortable to see that but it still shows an important lesson that even once the girls learn the dance moves they are still largely oblivious to what they are doing. The final dance scene that was leaked was edited to remove the disgust from the crowd (it should be noted this was not the only part that was purposely misportrayed by cancel culture). It's a decent movie and actually pretty relevant to current western society.
To those of you boycotting... Do you support Kubrick, Scarlette Johansen, Thora Birch, Steve Bushemi, or the countless others in Hollywood who have made way more sexualized child films? I mean this movie is not even in the same category.
I actual believe Netflix knew exactly what it was doing with the poster. They wanted it to be controversial but miscalculated the backlash. I'm still not quite sure why so many people jumped all over it though. Probably because like so many things these days people don't want to take the time to actually understand something. Or maybe it's simply that Americans are okay with sexualizing 13 year olds but not 11 year olds...