Why did Netflix allow this film?

[latheritup]

Please take a second to watch the video on this link, this is the final dance scene of the new movie on Netflix called Cuties.

mobile.twitter.com/MaryMargOlohan/status/1303908536553017349

I cannot understand why Netflix thought this was the right film to add to their selections. These are children.

There are several petitions going round to get this removed off their platform.

www.change.org/search?q=cuties

Here are all the live petitions, please sign as many as you can.

There have been a couple of threads on this already but YANBU. It's gross.

@EveryPlanetHasAYorkshire

There have been a couple of threads on this already but YANBU. It's gross.

So sorry, I didn't even think to check. I just saw the article come up and needed to raise awareness to get it removed.

Taking it out of context, is it supposed to prove a point about dance competitions sexualising young girls? Or is it just like that for no reason

That is vile.

@DressingGownofDoom

Taking it out of context, is it supposed to prove a point about dance competitions sexualising young girls? Or is it just like that for no reason

I genuinely have no idea what the true purpose of the film is. I've seen many dance competitions including some younger family members, none have been like this. Not even close.

Bloody hell. That made me feel very uncomfortable.

This film has many positive reviews from critics surprisingly.

@DressingGownofDoom

Taking it out of context, is it supposed to prove a point about dance competitions sexualising young girls? Or is it just like that for no reason

Apparantley it's supposed to show this and it's supposed to make people feel uncomfortable . It's still gross though.

I had to stop watching before 50 seconds. I have a DD aged 7 and that made me feel very uncomfortable. Thanks for raising awareness, OP.

I think it's meant to make you feel uncomfortable, as others have said. Sounds as though it's a critique of the hypersexualisation of children, and one that seems to have really resonated with some (not all) critics.

I haven't seen it and not exactly rushing to though.

I genuinely have no idea what the true purpose of the film is.

I think you should go away and try to understand the context before starting an indignant thread about something.

@DressingGownofDoom

Taking it out of context, is it supposed to prove a point about dance competitions sexualising young girls? Or is it just like that for no reason

That's exactly what it's for.

The writer is Senegalese and when she moved to France, she noticed how much young girls were sexualised in French dance and talent shows. The film is critical of this hypersexualisation of children but does, controversially, show this kind of dancing in order to criticise it.

When it was released in France and shown at film festivals, the emphasis wasn't on these sexualised dance scenes, but on the lives of immigrants in poor communities in France, including the clash between French and African cultures in terms of dress, dance, sexuality, etc.

The controversy mainly came about after Netflix released its poster. Compare the original French poster with the American Netflix poster.

@Floatyboat

I genuinely have no idea what the true purpose of the film is.

I think you should go away and try to understand the context before starting an indignant thread about something.

There's no need to be rude. I'm sharing what I saw on social media and Netflix which made me uncomfortable. I don't usually dig deep into directors reasons for films.

Wow, must admit I initially half expected that the twitter poster was looking for something to be outraged about (many seem to be), but it's actually made me pretty uncomfortable.

@Siepie thank you for this explanation, this helps massively but of course what's going around social media is definitely not what you've said there. Thank you for explaining without bashing my initial post.

I thought Dance Moms had a couple of risque routines but none compare to that.

Okay, just watched the trailer and it is deeply uncomfortable viewing.

It does, however, strike me as very odd and hypocritical that people are criticizing this movie by sharing it's most uncomfortable scenes.

I dont think that's particularly different to what the film itself is attempting to do.

@latheritup

Have you even watched it op? How can you judge it without doing so? If a documentary shows something bad or unpleasant does not mean it endorses it.

[quote Floatyboat]@latheritup

Have you even watched it op? How can you judge it without doing so? If a documentary shows something bad or unpleasant does not mean it endorses it.[/quote]
No I haven't because it's half 1 in the morning and I'm scrolling social media because I can't get to sleep. I apologise for not watching the entire film or researching its background before sharing a Twitter post on here.

You know when something upsets you and you get frustrated (plus I'm exhausted from night feeds) you end up venting.

Have you watched the film in its entirety OP?

Ok well go and watch it and then give us the feedback. I'll hold off getting angry until then I think.

Oops, x posted with the OP.

So you didnt watch the film, you watched disturbing clips, without context when you were tired and started a thread about that?

Clearly I've missed the mark of the film. As I said in a previous comment, I don't tend to research directors reasonings for films.
I got frustrated with what I saw all over Twitter and needed to vent.

Netflix have obviously fucked over the true intentions of film and portrayed it differently hence the uproar.

I apologise for not researching first.

@DioneTheDiabolist

Oops, x posted with the OP.

So you didnt watch the film, you watched disturbing clips, without context when you were tired and started a thread about that?

The Netflix poster didn't lure me in to watch it, tbh. As I said in my last comment, Netflix have clearly changed the agenda of the film hence the uproar.