Controversial French film “Cuties” — about a young Senegalese girl in Paris who joins a “free-spirited dance clique” to escape family dysfunction — has spawned a…
by critics who allege the film goes over the line in portraying children in a sexualized manner. The hashtag #CancelNetflix was the No. 1 trending topic on Twitter in the U.S. Thursday, after “Cuties” premiered Sept.
9 on Netflix. A petition on Change.org calling on Netflix customers to cancel their subscriptions over “Cuties” and other content on Netflix “that exploits children and creates a disturbing vibe,” currently has nearly 600,000 signers.Criticism erupted in August over a promotional poster for “Cuties” depicting cast members in provocative poses and revealing costumes. . “We’re deeply sorry for the inappropriate artwork that we used for ‘Mignonnes’/’Cuties,’” a Netflix rep said in a statement to. “It was not OK, nor was it representative of this French film which premiered at Sundance. We’ve now updated the pictures and description.” “Cuties,” from French filmmaker Maïmouna Doucouré, premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the world cinema dramatic award. The film is based on Doucouré’s short film “Maman,” about an 8-year-old child furious when her polygamous dad invites his new bride into their Parisian apartment, which won the short film international fiction jury award at the 2016 Sundance.of “Cuties,” the film “nimbly depicts the tweens’ youthful energy and vulnerabilities while exploring their fumbling eagerness to be identified as sexualized. Fathia Youssouf captivates as Amy, shifting like a chameleon between the different identities her character is juggling and deftly anchoring the film’s immensely watchable, vivacious young cast.” Mary Margaret Olohan, a reporter for conservative publication the Daily Caller, early Thursday tweeted a video clip of the girls in the film dancing suggestively and twerking, commenting, “Netflix is comfortable with this. Plenty of people will defend it. This is where our culture is at.” She added, “I understand this video is upsetting and depicts little girls in a gruesome light. I tweeted it for those who will say that ‘Cuties’ is innocent.”
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