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Netflix releasing Cuties, based on the story of a refugee who is torn between traditional values and internet culture; has very questionable marketing
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I, too, can't quite believe it.
Is it as bad as it looks with the 2 images?
This makes me uncomfortable.
Some of those young girl pageants also make me profoundly uncomfortable
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quite a roller coaster this one
before clicking the thread, "can't be that bad"
after clicking the thread "it is that bad"
after clicking the trailer "of course, it's a french movie"
before clicking the thread, "can't be that bad"
after clicking the thread "it is that bad"
after clicking the trailer "of course, it's a french movie"
More info and context if people want to read/are trying to not watch the trailer
theplaylist.net
‘Cuties’ Is An Uneven, But Ambitious Coming-Of-Age Tale About Social Media Exhibitionism [Sundance Review]
Cuties: focuses tightly on her rowdy protagonists, crafting a spirited film that nimbly depicts the tweens’ youthful energy
theplaylist.net
God I hate shit like this. Toddlers and Tiaras too, my sister would watch that show and it was so creepy.
The trailer makes this look a tad more legit than the movie's poster and title suggest. But still, wow.
Waiting for people to start gaslighting with "You're the pervert for seeing something wrong with this!"
Those poses and outfits, bruh. Kids don't understand the connotations of that stuff.
Waiting for people to start gaslighting with "You're the pervert for seeing something wrong with this!"
Those poses and outfits, bruh. Kids don't understand the connotations of that stuff.
Jesus.
uuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhWHAT
Those are pretty scuzzy as well, but to use girls in those outfits twerking? That's another level.
Treat it like I do with loli content in anime? AKA actively ignore and avoid.
Saw this on Twitter and ended up reading the Letterboxd reviews for some takes on the actual film.
People seem quite split between it being an intelligent deconstruction of hypersexualisation in general and being exploitative and problematic.
I'm not watching it myself as that poster leaves a bad taste in my mouth, but I imagine that even if the former is the case, it is hard to justify it not being the latter also.
People seem quite split between it being an intelligent deconstruction of hypersexualisation in general and being exploitative and problematic.
I'm not watching it myself as that poster leaves a bad taste in my mouth, but I imagine that even if the former is the case, it is hard to justify it not being the latter also.
Mignonnes, un film féministe qui rafraîchit le cinéma français
Mignonnes, de Maïmouna Doucouré, est un film courageux et percutant autour de l'hypersexualisation des jeunes filles. À voir absolument !
www.madmoizelle.com
It looks like it deals with the subject matter well, even if Netflix does not acknowledge that part in marketing
I know the French have been stereotyped as cheese eating surrender monkeys for years, but I've never once thought of the country as promoting pedophilia...
Is this a thing?
It'sa movie about a girl learning to dance to go to the dance competition. Look, I may be ace but there's nothing sexual here. Y'all need to grow up.
"Footloose, but with a little Muslim girl instead of Kevin Bacon."
Trailer's not so bad, but that poster is... yikes.
twerking is not as simple as "learning to dance". it's a pretty inherently sexualized form of dancing.
When you read this, it's like, okay, I see where they're going, but then you see the final product and...oof, man. This wasn't a good idea.
Oh yeah, France has had something a past of these types of movies that explore female sexuality at a very young age. Though, honestly, this is kind on the young side even for those weird arthouse films.
in general I think if the content of the fictional work is about the topic, and handled in a mature way, the work itself is not guilty of anything.
This looks like a competent movie with artistic merit, so it's fine.
This looks like a competent movie with artistic merit, so it's fine.
"idk maybe it would be okay for kids to have media that normalises sex—"
"—oh"
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