The debut of ‘Cuties’ on Netflix has sparked renewed accusations that the streaming giant is sexualizing kids — but the New Yorker seems unbothered, sparking backlash after calling the anger over the movie a “right-wing campaign.”
‘Cuties,’ which debuted on Netflix on Wednesday, previously inspired controversy over a poster featuring pre-pubescent girls posing provocatively. The synopsis accompanying the photo didn’t help either, describing an 11-year-old who begins to “explore her femininity” as she tries to join a “twerking dance crew.”
Netflix apologized for the “inappropriate artwork” used to promote the French film, but now footage from the movie itself has critics branding it “soft core child pornography” and deeming those behind it criminals.
While the movie has plenty of critics, it also has its defenders. The New Yorker, for instance, called the movie "extraordinary" and said it had become "the target of a right-wing campaign." New Yorker critic Richard Brody backs up this theory by saying that "some well known figures of the far right" are upset over the film — though if social media reaction is anything to go by, the outrage over the film is hardly restricted to conservatives.
How the hell am I right wing for being against the sexualization of minors? It doesn't matter what ideology you are to be completely against this degeneracy, or you're a disgrace. #CancelNetflixpic.twitter.com/GBe76vfSK2
"The media is revolting and complicit in the promotion of child sexualization and pedophilia," Blaze editor Jessica Fletcher wrote in reaction to the New Yorker piece.
“Targeting pedophilic television is a notice you can be proud of, right wingers,” pundit David Harsanyi added.
One clipped scene from ‘Cuties’ featuring young girls twerking and dancing provocatively for adults has spread rapidly on social media, attracting widespread criticism and calls for a boycott of Netflix.
1- Please stop sharing that "Cuties" video
2- How does not *one* person, from parents to production staff to film fests to Netflix not step in, say "this isn't right" and protect these kids?
While Netflix’s promotion of the film has come under fire — and the viral dancing scene has led many to question its execution — its creators and defenders insist there is a deeper meaning behind the movie.
“This film shows with these characters how limiting it is in today’s society, to see a woman as an object and that success comes from a woman being objectified,” she told Time magazine earlier this month.
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