Oh yeah, draw the Sexism/Feminism card to defend "Cuties"

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def-not-a-dude-here on September 16th, 2020 at 12:54 UTC »

I cant imagine any parents willingly letting their child take part in this...

SilentMaster on September 16th, 2020 at 14:42 UTC »

I watched this movie just so I could form my own opinions. I tried very very hard to not allow myself to become outraged and I tried to watch it through a cultural perspective lens. That being said, it was a bad movie. The story was bad, the writing wasn't good, and the acting was only mediocre. I especially felt the behavior of the lead girl to be crazy, she wasn't likable, her actions were terrible, and while she did realize the error of her ways the way this happened made no sense and was incredibly unsatisfying.

As for the controversy I felt like what the kids were doing was probably the kinds of things kids do as they grow up and try to find themselves so those behaviors in the context of the movie is probably fine. I also found it entirely unbelievable that the second 4 little girls decide to enter a racy twerking contest the judges didn't say, "Sorry, adults only, go home."

The problem I have is, these are real little girls that did these things and were filmed doing them and it just felt gross. An 11 year old girl twerking in her bedroom with her best friend is one thing, but doing it on film just isn't ok. Making 11 year old girls do these things even for the purposes of a movie simply isn't fiction, they are really doing these things and I can't support it. Even though it's supposed to be a story, this is for all intents and purposes child exploitation, and the next time someone wants to tell a story like this they really need to think long and hard about it.

Jadefangg on September 16th, 2020 at 17:02 UTC »

I’m French and in no way it’s a cultural difference or feminism.

The backlash this movie got only proves that people are outraged by such sexualization of young children. Yet it only encourages predatory behavior and it’s disgusting.

There are so many other ways to show women empowerment or feminism. This movie isn’t one of them.