How One Netflix Movie Broke the Entire Internet | The Immeasurable Failure of Cuties

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[@jaubrey]

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[@Nicklovesmw2]

j aubrey what’s twitter?

[@ethansomer7362]

j aubrey you and diesel patches should do a collab

[@SirLangstalotProductions]

Hi j Aubrey love your work could you do one on your friend forestfire

[@melonshot4018]

Thanks for the content man KEEP IT UP!!!

[@stellarch9524]

@@michaelpaulfrancis jesus christ man

[@DaVeganZombie]

Everyone here is talking about how Netflix is disgusting for promoting this. No one is talking about how Sundance and the judges GAVE THIS AWARDS. Bruh.

[@snartsnart2718]

and how one of the highest ranking people at sundance was convicted of having a bunch of CP

[@existentialcrisis8321]

@@snartsnart2718 Why doesn't this surprise me? The art/entertainment industry is full of predators.

[@IZ2bSA80]

Well on the other hand, most people don't know that Cuties was known in the industry for a while so... Sundance gave a first award to Cuties for it's script back in 2017 and chaperoned the movie from the get-go which means they had all the time they needed to influence the director and producer of that little indie movie.

[@HotaruMitsuki101]

Even worse is when you think that maybe Netflix grabbed this film specifically because of the Sundance awards. They probably wanted a movie with awards attached to it.

[@kvdrr]

Wow, sensationalism beyond comprehension. The movie did a great job at disgusting the viewer and that's precisely what happened. Unlike some oversensitive folks @ YT, reviewers gave this movie benefit of the doubt in that it's brutal portrayal is something more than an appeal to pedos, which it is.

[@satyrdietrich]

I just keep being reminded of how the director of the Babadook handled the main child actor. The boy was explicitly kept off set for any scenes depicting child abuse. The director was quoted saying she “didn’t want to destroy a childhood to make a film.” Future filmmakers: be more like Jennifer Kent.

[@brit_barr]

And that movie was amazing af!!!

[@JackedThor-so]

I love that movie, in happy to know that kid wasn't traumatized!

[@ishanafondekar6334]

the fact that she prioritized the well-being of a kid over a movie she was creating says a lot about her. major respect to jen kent for doing her best to give the kid a good, wholesome experience on set

[@pinkghost2515]

I have never seen it but good for her! She sounds fucking awesome!

[@liyre4189]

wait is that what babadook was about??? i only knew it from the meme... there was?? CHILD ABUSE??????

[@ohyikez972]

i can literally feel the anger rising inside me as the guy said “it’s not my fault, i didn’t make them do that” strongest urge i’ve ever had to deck someone in the face-

[@themaskedtalker2171]

I wanted to freaking STRANGLE that guy! Kids cannot consent!

[@nemtudom5074]

You know, i read this comment out of context, and thought that maybe you misinterpreted the situation, but OH BOY, i continued watching, and nope, you absolutely did not. He has a face meant to be wrecked.

[@comicmonsterstudios711]

💯

[@itscoachmorphius123]

16:05 -Press me if you want to rage

[@comicmonsterstudios711]

@@wakeupsmashlies8111 wow, will do. Thank you for bringing this to my attention

[@eggmon420]

I’m still baffled how the direction includes sexualising children and this movie WON AN AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTION??? I’m immediately suspicious of the judges.

[@amusingmoose9924]

Sundance was founded by Roman Polanski

[@heavenwaits]

^ was about to mention. super shady shit. what’s that saying about birds of a feather again

[@Sequin228]

@@amusingmoose9924 It was founded by Robert Redford, not Polanski.

[@Coughdropeater]

@@Sequin228 It wasn't founded by either, it was founded by John Earle and Sterling Van Wagenen (Ironically enough, a convicted sex offender) Sterling was a head of Robert Redford's company, Wildwood, Redford only established the Sundance institute, a non profit organization, but not Sundance film festival itself.

[@MundMoriginal]

I suppose those who voted are regulars on Epstein's Island.

[@MichaOficial]

Fighting against the sexualization of kids by sexualizing kids is like fighting against murder with snuff films

[@JellyBabie1984]

@part 3 Exploiting your child actors to make a point is disgusting and wrong and that is exactly what this movie did.

[@zachquinton7290]

No.

[@MichaOficial]

@@zachquinton7290 fair enough

[@msnogueres]

Or the death penalty

[@jazwhoaskedforthis]

part 3 I’m sure it was intentional, it was just wrong and stupid

[@bluesrike]

"Let's put the morality of it asi-" NOPE NOPE NOPE. WHEN CHILDREN ARE INVOLVED, THEIR SAFETY AND DIGNITY ARE OF THE UTMOST PRIORITY.

[@LocksAndChains]

As my morally-dubious Hawke said in my last playthrough of Dragon Age II, "I won't do anything involving animals or children." I really wish these filmmakers had thought similarly...

[@kvdrr]

Haha look at oversensitive snowflake, children were involved with full consent of their parents and themselves. Breath slowly buddy seems like u inflated a tiny bit.

[@kvdrr]

@@LocksAndChains I wish the movie never made it to the retardland called USA

[@harleymitchelly5542]

@@kvdrr Just gonna say that you've been all over the comments section trying to save this movie's face. They still showed underage girls twerking for security guards so they could get into a building. That's basically prostitution of a sorts. Consent of the parents doesn't matter, consent of the kids doesn't matter, psychologist supported doesn't matter. You still showed underage girls doing that. Movie producers have gotten around this before with adult actors subbing for the children in appropriate scenes. Cuties has no excuse.

[@TheDonutMan3000]

To quote Article 1 of the German Constitution: '(1) Human dignity shall be inviolable. To respect and protect it shall be the duty of all state authority.' No matter the message, these girls were robbed of their dignity. Their parents approval doesn't change that fact. I'd think it's pretty much known that parents who want their children to be stars will do literally anything to get there, even if it means the total corruption of said child.

[@davidmorgan758]

Bro even the blurred out scenes make me feel like I need to take a shower and then report this movie to the FBI

[@secondfavoritecolors2993]

FR Hahahaha it’s so gross

[@DR5paceman5413]

Same, I was like "BLUR IT MORE! DRAW IT IN MS PAINT OR SOMETHING"

[@hotel_arcadia]

I was eating dinner and looked away from the video. Had no time to throw up.

[@hannahferrell7534]

I've never cringed and turned away from a blurred image before but now I definitely have.

[@pennyomega7421]

I was one the few people that was willing to wait till it’s released and see if it’s truly bad. But after seeing other people’s reactions I’m not touching it. Way too creepy. The blurred scenes made me want to bath in Holy water

[@shinyhoarder]

My main issue with this film - and I have a LOT of issues with it - is the way the message is twisted to make the girls the ones who sexualize themselves. As a girl, I received most male attention between the ages of 10 and 13. I was raped at 11 by a grown man. Many women have been catcalled and hit on from a young age. Most of us were NOT doing anything sexual. We were children, doing childish things and living in our own innocent worlds, when grown men decided that our bodies were open for exploitation. This movie makes it seem as if preteen girls are basically willingly playing into it all. It makes it appear as if this is the way it happens - you rebel against restrictive social norms by wearing tight clothes and doing sexual things in front of others. BUT THAT ISN'T HOW IT HAPPENS MOST OF THE TIME! Most of us were happily going about our business when suddenly, the world decided that we were sex objects. Women are often forced to grow up faster because that's what society forces on us, not because we want to. Fuck this movie for skewing reality, and fuck anyone who defends it.

[@Goomba1309]

THIS!

[@meri0312]

​@@tinyratdude Nah the fault is completely on the person that sexualizes kids

[@FortuitousOwl]

I know I'm late to this, but I'm so sorry that happened to you. I know people will say you aren't alone as a comfort, but I find that kind of scary. So many young girls go through this, and the onus isn't on them to fix or prevent this.

[@MiketheNerdRanger]

​@@tinyratdudethen you should not have said this, because this wasn't the appropriate time to bring this up.

[@Isthisjoebiden]

​@@tinyratdudeany male hutting on kids, it is 100 percent his fault. You are disgusting

[@diurtydantv8061]

Killing puppies is bad *makes a movie where the actors actually murder puppies*

[@YAKlSOBA]

peta:

[@ishanafondekar6334]

its that spiderman meme all over again lads

[@mightye]

@@YAKlSOBA peta is his profile picture

[@leftmostsaihh1471]

Did that happen in the movie? Jesus

[@twinzzlers]

@@leftmostsaihh1471 No, it didn't

[@robby7499]

Judge: You are sentenced to three years in prison for slaughtering all those puppies. What were you trying to accomplish? Murderer: If Cuties states the obvious that child exploitation is wrong by exploiting it, then I killed the dogs to show you that animal abuse is wrong.

[@EgoKen]

I swear some murderers lawyer has said that before in court 😭

[@antjesus5427]

Wait a minute. Is this what PETA has been doing all along? Holy shit they're actual fucking gigaminds

[@RHBR01]

@@antjesus5427 Oh lol NO, PETA is not nearly that self-aware. They kill animals to "save them" from the evil, animal-abusing world. They have a million and one excuses for why the things THEY do are okay, but everyone else who does it is evil.

[@imliterallygarfield]

Exactly!! Like holy shit dude, you can't just exploit children just to make us KNOW child exploitation is bad.. It'll only cause more backfire and it doesn't fix anything.

[@bodaciousdoggo8971]

*Peluchin Entertainment has entered the chat.*

[@kaloofy3500]

It would’ve been better as a book, you know, where real children wouldn’t have been harmed

[@pringleaddict5827]

Yeh or don’t actually show the dodgy stuff and not using kids

[@nah_.]

Or an animated film with adult VA's

[@alexanderpumpkin3423]

@Redfern Pitcher children were subjected to sexualizing. That’s sexual abuse.

[@360Fov]

Yeah getting paid for an acting role is incredibly harmful.

[@lieslittlecorner8612]

@@360Fov Paid, sexualized, childhood destroyed because of the various sexualization and possible porno they were exposed to, possibly ruined in the future because of this film, and more psychological and social damage... Yeah, it's very "harmless" to these CHILDREN ACTORS. :/

[@GardeniaCreations]

"It won an award at Sundance." *Googles who created Sundance.* "Huh, Roman Polanski, everything makes sense now."

[@silashurd3597]

Darn

[@campeãodomundo2137]

No, it wasn't him

[@analogueapples]

I recommend watching video "The case of Roman Polanski". Before that I thought he slept with a young woman, being a child myself when it happened and not from the US. He actually drugged a 13 year old girl who was working for him and raped her anally. Probably not the only one either. Whenever he talks about the case, he refers to her as a "young woman", which makes you think she was 23, rather than 13. He feels no shame, telling that every normal man likes "young women".

[@thebasedgodmax1163]

Robert Redford literally created Sundance. it's called that because of his character in Butch Cassidy. Polanski's name isn't even on the Wikipedia page for Sundance.

[@mcwildstyle9106]

@@thebasedgodmax1163 okay that makes more sense

[@ker0_]

*If Riverdale is able to get 30 year olds to play teenagers so could cuties.they had a good message, but the execution...*

[@wayned535]

Literally nobody besides pedophiles disagrees with this

[@dpray96]

They could've made it an animated movie instead of live action.

[@megansstallion818]

@Yeetus Defeetus idk if this is the same one were talking about but isn't that the movie about a fat girl stealing KFC

[@JackedThor-so]

Which is not to say Riverdale is the epitome of goodness (texturally they're still, like, 16, and a lot of it is unessessary) but it at least understands that DON'T MAKE UNDERAGE PEOPLE ACT SEXUALLY! Ya nasty!

[@wayned535]

@@JackedThor-so American pie having adults have sex even though their characters are teenagers isnt the same thing. With films like American pie it shows the reality of alot of what teenage life is without producing child porn...

[@thenotsodemocraticrepublic7731]

The way cuties goes about condemning the sexualization of children is like saying “murder is bad” then brutality stabbing someone and going “see how bad that was”

[@loturzelrestaurant]

THEN REPORT CUTIES DEFENDERS!! Seriously: Be the opposite of cancel-culture and bind together for the right stuff. Honestly? Dont even stop there. Being the opposite of cancel-culture is dammnn easy, alone for the fact how incredible easy Open Racism and Nudity and whatnotelse is findable. Its easy to find, so what exactly is your excuse for not finding and flagging them on purpose? I myself have gotten Nudity, Spam-Bots, Racists and Hackers and so much more removed! You can too! Do 'something'!

[@skelebonez1349]

@@loturzelrestaurant agreed we need some sort of anti cancel culture where people actually do their job instead of cancelling random dudes n shit for dumb reasons or because they did dumb things in the past.

[@loturzelrestaurant]

@@skelebonez1349 Exacatly. But i just talked to someone who does it by himself, got the idea by himself, then realized theres a Pro in the Field (Me) and is now asking for advice. So you cant really say 'No one tries to help', ya know. Its just 'not enough people who report' but not 'Zero'.

[@sirweebs2914]

Its funny to me because thats the "feminist logic" as I like to call it. Remember when feminists said we should tell men not to rape or hit women. Yea as if they go "oh shit I didnt knew I was hurting you" when you tell them. Exactly the same is happening with this movie. Pedos watching it will enjoy it and normal people will be disgusted and will know that its wrong. Makes you think for what kind of people this movie is really made for..

[@sirweebs2914]

@@allysyncharles9976 Im sorry you dont understand it. You should probably read it again.

[@nemtudom5074]

Im calling it now, 10 years in the future those child actors are going to sue for being scarred for life

[@anarchomando7707]

Only 10 years? Pfft. I give it five

[@SnoppleWopple]

@@anarchomando7707 Only 5 years?? Pfft. I give it 4

[@switchblade6]

@@SnoppleWopple 3. Take it or leave it.

[@pozzsicle]

@Daniel Anderson Yup. So ~7 years.

[@victor-zi7bu]

@@pozzsicle no the actors were 13-15 I believe

[@emma_nutella58]

Not only did they use child actors to portray this issue they added so many unnecessary scenes with the children being out in compromising positions, like we didn’t need to see them twerking, blow a condom, watch porn or film a guy use the bathroom, especially flashing their bare chest like this movie is straight up CP at this point it feels criminal even watching a review on it

[@hurricanecatrina9548]

Did that one guy really think he was doing something when he admitted on KZbin that he felt attraction to children???????

[@tonichan89]

Oh he was doin SOMETHIN 😬 a big yikes, that is

[@fart63]

Catrina Tulowiecki what he was doing was putting himself on a list

[@EmeraldAshesAudio]

I was SO SURE it was a joke, and then j aubrey started throwing out receipts.

[@IzzyAndAndy]

Emerald Ashes yeah I was convinced he was a satire channel and then...

[@starrsmith3810]

Apparently so.

[@eternalcat6281]

I'm usually not a fan of having adults play teenagers, but this is an exception. Make the characters 16 and have 25 year olds doing it. No excuse

[@mariokingtana6399]

And avoid sexual shots, rather use filming techniques that would convey the message without showing off any sexual imagery, perhaps the actor beginning to strip and the camera slowly panning away, no music, the character visibly upset. This gets the message across way better without exploiting.

[@lookdontlook8829]

@@mariokingtana6399 that would require some actually good use of imagery and camera/writing techniques and as we can all tell from this movie, the people who made it can’t write or think for shit

[@amaryllisputrik.2521]

That's what you say, but we know someone will complain about that too. Not defending the movie btw, just saying.

[@raeraesocraycray7702]

Not defending the movie but it is based on the creators real life and I guess she wanted it as accurate as possible

[@licasabinaandreea2361]

@@raeraesocraycray7702 war movies are based on real life too but they don't nuke hiroshima again for accuracy

[@noedki841]

I'm 13 and the guy talking about how the 11-year-olds in this movie were hot made me extremely uncomfortable, and even if it was a joke it doesn't make it okay, it's revolting.

[@sodacrush3052]

another 13 year old here. another thing that disgusts me is that these kids *don’t even look 11*. they look around 6-10. even more disgusting.

[@drawnwithlove3499]

They were suPPOSED TO BE 13?????????????

[@FrozenPasta]

Anyone know if it will be taken off :(( my mom wont get Netflix back until it is. And all I see ab information is like 7 months old

[@papasscooperiaworker3649]

Yeah never joke about real kids like that fr

[@seditt5146]

Sorry, its not a joke. Please be safe out there... this fellow is literally out there with many far worse than him.

[@samsnell5900]

A reminder Netflix never a apologized, nor did they remove the film.

[@ericcwelling5970]

They still have it on the streaming service!!!! 😡😡😡😡😡

[@emndiaye9019]

If this story needed to be told so bad, it could have been done in a medium that doesn’t exploit actual children, like a book

[@moonyboye5194]

While i do agree a book would have been a better option, you are asking a woman with the social understanding and self-awareness of a rancid half-boiled egg from last week to write a modern version of "Lolita". I don't think a book would have worked, taking into consideration that she wrote and directed this garbage decorated with a pretty "social critique" ribbon. She would have ended up glorifying this p*do bs either way, just in a different type of media. Edit: typo!

[@enginerunsable]

No one reads books.

[@hello3251]

*you don’t read books

[@marlondavis9450]

To me the movie is meta- ironic comedy.

[@codenameprototype6219]

My thoughts exactly. A book uses ur imagination not actual child actors

[@alexhb12333]

I never thought I'd see the day where conservative Christians and liberal activists so fully agree on something.

[@GatlingPea32]

Here in my country, even labor unions, green parties, pro-EU politicians, anti-EU politicians, animal rights activists, regionalists, Socialists and Communists detest the film. At this point, this is no longer a matter of one's political affiliation, but a matter of common human decency.

[@Jharrisimages]

@@GatlingPea32 Common human decency is something our political parties have had in short supply for a LOOOOONG time, my friend. XD But I whole-heartedly agree that this travesty should bring us together in our shared loathing of child predators.

[@maschaorsomething]

Well, no, they don't. Haven't you seen how right-wingers tried to pin this on the left? Lol.

[@theblackbaron4119]

@@GatlingPea32 That is mostly the problem with those group ideas. Mostly they agree on more than they disagree on. So actually communicating instead of assuming is going to get us further as society. Every single decent person is going to be on board with you that this movie is fucked up. It's like making an anti war movie, but just editing it like a battlefield game/ call of duty game trailer.

[@RoarofdalioN]

@@maschaorsomething that’s because the creators and defenders of the film were exclusively leftists

[@beanbroly]

Netflix: *cancels insightful netflix series* Also Netflix: *decides to let CP in their platform* Netflix:What do you people want?!?

[@daichisawamura20yearsago64]

What did they cancel?

[@joseh.749]

A concerned stranger • 20 years ago bojack horseman

[@obex5044]

A concerned stranger • 20 years ago there’s a lot of good shows they canceled, Atypical, I am not okay with this (a very very good show), and theres this one a lot of people got mad about some show about LGBTQIA+

[@GeneralNuisance00]

@@daichisawamura20yearsago64 Bojack Horseman and Patriot Act. But mostly Bojack. I love PA, but Bojack is a masterpiece.

[@goose_dove]

@@daichisawamura20yearsago64 they cancelled funny 90's horse

[@davidsempere464]

The fact this movie exists and we all kinda forgot about it is insane

[@Isthisjoebiden]

I didn't and I have never and will never sub to Netflix again because of it. Most people won't and that's the problem

[@ThatZenkiS14]

​@@Isthisjoebiden so i went back and watched it recently, and it did make me uncomfortable and afraid for the characters in movie. by the situations, that happened but at the same time i didnt find the dances as bad as people stated. it was cringey, but as a black man, the dances i see little girls doing on face book, with women i grew up with. or their older kids with kids, is way worse. ive seen them do some of this stuff at my kids school, and no one really says anything about it. so while i fully understand why people have an issue with this movie, the movie feels like a moot issues compared to whats really going on. the outfits the girls have on ive seen at my kids dance recitals, which is why i didnt want her to participate. i dont like cheerleader outfits, i dont let her where those super short shorts, but all her friends from school be wearing exactly that and worse at times after school. so im finding real hard to be more upset about this movie then i am at real life, seeing everyone drag the movie. when i never see anyone in real life commenting or being mad about seeing it everyday. then just remembering when i was teen and how many girls who were 15 with me talking to 18 to 26 yr old dudes, sometimes on the low and other times everyone including their parents knew and was ok with it. but in public outrage

[@TheWealthyPandaShow]

My stomach can’t even handle 🤷‍♂️ watching this video exposing the movie. Unbelievable such a movie even made it out

[@woodlefoof2]

@@ThatZenkiS14 lol if you are seeing worse than this irl, start rounding up a parent whooping brigade and teach parents to raise their kids right by taking a switch to their rears every time you see their kid acting up.

[@yourneighbour5738]

Wouldn't be surprised if they had "In the memory of Jeffrey Epstein" in black and white at the start that's removed at some stage

[@lordadorable7362]

Meanwhile in an alternate universe where Epstein is still alive: "Cuties is the best movie of all time. In fact I supported this movie throughout its entire development." ~ Jeffrey "Kiddy Diddler" Epstein

[@moonh34rts]

I-

[@MikoyanGurevichMiG21]

This generation's "this movie is dedicated to the brave fighters of Afghanistan"

[@neyuun7854]

I'm starting to think the woman behind the movie was related to Jeffrey Epstein

[@sukiBambina]

😟🤭

[@Carzey]

Oh yeah I'm trying to raise awareness for world hunger so I'm going to starve a bunch of children. *_Yep, that's how that works._*

[@hurrythepeace9443]

To raise awareness for domestic violence, I’m gonna go beat my wife brb.

[@chelseabreene8204]

To raise awareness for the importance of schooling, I'ma deny my children an education

[@kvdrr]

Yeah and brutal war movies actually approve of war, brutal video games approve of violence, etc. Are out of your mind? In before "real children abuse" - nope, parents consented alongside their children, psychologist was on board.

[@lasagna312]

@@kvdrr The children are far too young to be able to consent to this type of thing. And it doesn't matter if the parents consented, they are not the ones being exploited. I would question the credentials of any psychologist who thought this would be a good idea. The comparison with war movies and video games doesn't make sense whatsoever. They don't actually go around shooting real people when they make war movies. The director could've gotten this message across in a variety of ways without actually exploiting real children. They could've casted adults. They could've made it animated. They could've written a book about it.

[@shrekshrek4755]

@@kvdrr You frustrate me greatly. I can't tell if you're being intentionally ignorant or if your brain is just so small that you can't comprehend the difference between an adult's consent and a child's consent. I'm very much hoping it's the former because then you might come to your senses someday, but considering that I've seen you on multiple other comments in this comment section defending this dumpster-fire of a movie, the latter might actually be a plausible option, in which case I'd highly recommend alerting scientists to your condition, who will undoubtedly be thrilled to find the first living human being with a brain the size of a pea.

[@vincent9286]

"Cuties is the greatest movie of all time" -Romeo Lacoste

[@NeoReoxis]

Mini ladd approves as well

[@breathemyfarts]

“She send me a twerking video for only practice for her dance group”

[@EgoKen]

Romeo Lacoste and Mrgirl are probably best friends

[@justwillis]

I can't believe you all forgot my man Ray Diaz, smh.

[@noahjohnson5359]

Romeo 100% DM'd all of the girls in the movie after he watched it

[@JamesThomasJeans]

It could be argued that those long, malingering shots are designed to evoke the exact reaction you're having to them: unease, disgust, revulsion, et cetera. The issue is they they're using real children to evoke those feelings. They could have hired a bunch of 18 year old CW actors who look much younger. It would have achieved the same gut reaction without exploiting underage children. I'd like to think the decision to hire actual 11 year olds was just a misguided attempt to be edgy, but in this industry you just never can tell, and the end result is disturbing in all the wrong ways regardless of intent.

[@eggmon420]

Even if their intention was to invoke disgust in the viewer, there is unfortunately a group of “people” who would *not* be disgusted by seeing these girls in sexual positions. The fact that some of those sick predators will watch this film and not be appalled by what they’re seeing is putting these kids in danger.

[@randomthoughts0829]

​@@eggmon420exactly. You can't say "Hey exploitation and staring at little girls" is bad while intentionally invoking 'sexy' camera angles and making real little girls twerk. It's like the ideology of "oh well if you pointed out this racist thing, that makes you the racist for seeing things." No? It just means I understand pattern recognition.

[@midgematic8659]

“Lets set the morals aside” SIR THESE ARE CHILDREN

[@twish4596]

Out of topic but hey Spleens!!!

[@shotsinfired]

I agree with you statement but is that spleens in your user icon???

[@rattisetboyalive5898]

Hey spleens:)

[@stephlevesque9972]

You know shit don't make sense when they have to ask you to ignore how wrong it is🤣

[@anonthe-third2367]

"The director supposedly met with hundreds of preteens-" is a sentence that were a dude the maker of this movie would have raised several eyebrows.

[@loturzelrestaurant]

THEN REPORT CUTIES-DEFENDERS!! Seriously: Be the opposite of cancel-culture and bind together for the right stuff. The objectively right stuff, yeah? ...Dont even stop there. Being the opposite of cancel-culture is dammnn easy, alone for the fact how incredible easy Open Racism and Nudity and whatnotelse is findable. Its easy to find, so what exactly is your excuse for not finding and flagging them on purpose? I myself have gotten Nudity, Spam-Bots, Racists and Hackers and so much more removed! You can too! Do 'something'!

[@osuhog.2008]

@@loturzelrestaurant copy and paste

[@peppermintgal4302]

Oh trust me, my eyebrows are raised. The maker of this film needs to just not. Not anything. Not ever anything again.

[@peppermintgal4302]

But yeah theres a doublestandard there. You'd have thought people would've learned their lesson in light of Maxwell, but I guess not.

[@elcatrinc1996]

Yeah, it raises eyebrows even if the director is a woman

[@miichelleerin]

Literally Onision's favorite movie only missing a child's broken arm

[@splicer1707]

So that's where my hatred of Onions came from... and people with the name kai.

[@GenerallyNotGood]

I am DEFINITELY missing key information here......wtf is this talk of a broken arm?!?

[@sourgummiescureyourpain4555]

Wait I thought I knew everything about that saga. What's that about a broken arm?? Oo

[@drakashrakenburgproduction5369]

@@freeassange8864 and you got a got a dead brain

[@jake3523]

@@sourgummiescureyourpain4555 gregs kid fell out an open second story window in their home while unattended and broke an arm and they lied to try and cover it up.

[@alphakakcmeddlakadoofahkii3362]

The amount of people who where involved and who approved this is honestly scary and paints a very dark picture of the industry...

[@tinyratdude]

You would be surprised what netflix has, im surprised it didnt just have sex scenes, cause netflix just does shit like that, we are all lucky cuties isnt a pornographic movie ._.

[@oops383]

It's wild because if you cut out all the inappropriate sexualization of preteen girls, or even toned it down/ if they used adult stunt doubles, it would have had a great message. Otherwise, it's another movie where adults profit on sexualizing child actors

[@harleymitchelly5542]

That's quite literally where the issue is. Had they subbed out the child actresses for adult ones in the suspect scenes, there wouldn't be this continued outcry. If anyone would have still paid attention, the criticism would have stuck with it just being the movie's script instead of everything else dumped on it, rightfully so if you ask me. That way no one can call foul over the things themselves being depicted, since context can't save the film if that's the issue.

[@rhskandbclakendlcksnenkend4302]

If you cut out the sexualisation of preteens then it would be a 5 minute long movie. I definitely agree that it could’ve had a good message!

[@vandinner]

Whoever has been supporting this... movie are shit masters. Nothing more, nothing less.

[@cayleece7890]

Yeah it's shame because the B Plot actually had some good stuff in there that could have been developed more. But instead, the meager story line would just go on pause to play that fcked up shit

[@francescaaste6995]

I mean even an 18 year old would have been better but like actual minors.

[@kokos_antics]

I feel like I'm on a watchlist just by watching this review

[@dogwithhat947]

Ikr it makes you feel so dirty even though you aren’t watching it

[@glenharper3875]

I was thinking that, lol

[@MrESFUNLAND]

Just hovering over the link to the video got us at the top of the of the list

[@Rephical]

I read the title and i thought i was getting put on a watch list

[@martinezseymore3007]

Same

[@jacksimpson9186]

After listening to "Mrgirl" for about a minute, I feel the need to ask the police to check him out. *Sees the bit about him being arrested and sympathising with school shooters.* Oh wow I was right, he was/is a creep.

[@hextier437]

He sounds so friggin creepy my god-

[@setsers1]

@@hextier437 yyyep

[@ijustdontcareanymore1022]

Oh my God forgot about that fool

[@Nuti196]

Ok, I was SURE he is a troll and said all of that only to get views and money and people are being naïve to believe it But now, I just don't know what to think... He is clearly creepy and gross, if he was actually genuine he should be arrested o get some therapy

[@Lunk42]

Yeah I was originally thinking he was in deep satire but yeah he's clearly just a guy who thinks he's actually smarter than he is.

[@Cruisey]

I completely understand the need to shock and discomfort the audience to make a point, but the discomfort should make me feel "this shouldn't be happening to people out in the world" whereas Cuties made me feel discomfort like " _I shouldn't be seeing this_ ". Really just completely the wrong angle. My girlfriend and I couldn't even manage finishing the whole film, it just missed the mark at every step.

[@agisuru]

There's a concept in film called "gaze", which is basically what the camera chooses to linger on and how those shots are framed. Even if the directors say the film is against... y'know... the camerawork very much contradicts that. The gaze is on these children, on their bodies. The intentions of the camera are about as subtle as a battering ram.

[@SamaritanPrime]

Dan from Folding Ideas did a video about what is known as "ludonarrative dissonance", which is when what you're supposed to see in a scene in a movie is clashing with what you actually see. The example Dan uses is Megan Fox in the Michael Bay Transformers movies. We're supposed to see a young girl who knows her way around cars and can handle herself decently well around alien robots. What you ACTUALLY see is a hot chick posing seductively while examining a car's engine or detailing a motorcycle's paintwork. That's the dissonance. Cuties has a similar problem. If the purpose of the movie is to show that sexualizing children is bad, then it defeats the purpose to have multiple sequences of young girls dancing and posing seductively. It's basically CP disguised as a movie that shames one for liking CP.

[@loturzelrestaurant]

@@SamaritanPrime Well... THEN REPORT CUTIES DEFENDERS!! Seriously: Be the opposite of cancel-culture and bind together for the right stuff. The objectively right stuff, yeah? Honestly? Dont even stop there. Being the opposite of cancel-culture is dammnn easy, alone for the fact how incredible easy Open Racism and Nudity and whatnotelse is findable. Its easy to find, so what exactly is your excuse for not finding and flagging them on purpose?! Be the opposite of cancel-culture and dont be someone who just complains but never acts on his words!

[@erikcarrillo7378]

Facts, facts, facts. Every shot made me very uncomfortable. Reminded me of what Michael Bay was doing with Megan Fox in the first Transformers. Knowing that the director and cinematographer are doing this with kids is disgusting.

[@SakuraEvangeline]

honestly I think that was probably also a way the director wanted to add to the gross feeling you're supposed to get when watching the movie. How I understood it she wanted to bring the sexualization of children to an extreme to evoke the feeling of disgust any normal person would have when watching children act out scenes like these. So yeah honestly I think in theory it was "the right way" to get across what she was trying to get across, only that the idea of using real children and thereby actively taking part in what they're claiming to criticise is soooo fucking fucked up that I cannot believe there wasn't anyone during the whole f*cking production! who took a step back and thought "huh, maybe someone should stop this". (also really makes me wonder what the camera crew was thinking while filming these scenes like wtf? the thought of it alone makes me wanna vomit)

[@loturzelrestaurant]

@@SakuraEvangeline ...But grammar?

[@brettyboi6940]

I once watched this pedophilia psa, it sorta revolved around child trafficking. It was so powerful. It made you want to vomit and cry at the same time in every shot. Her mother, her friends, pressure, her being a CHILD... It was so gross, yet realistically terrifying. It left you wanting to fight. The difference between that PSA and Cuties, is that one, the psa's actor wasn't even a child. She was 21. Second, it didn't graphically shove **child** nsfw down your throat, it suggested. It hinted and left you wondering. Cuties was a disaster.

[@jennifervan75]

What is the name of the psa?

[@brettyboi6940]

@@jennifervan75 I don't remember the PSA I'm talking about in this post, but another amazing one is "OBLIVIOUS". It's on KZbin and really easy to find, but the one I'm talking about isnt in English if that helps

[@CalamitySpica8]

To me cuties glorifies it. Like you said THAT doesn't glorify it. It shows you the reality of it, and how awful it is. While cuties makes it look fun, and cute, and something you should "totally" do with your girlfriends.

[@JuliaTheTransPeacock]

I remember seeing a British short film about child exploitation that was quite emotional. Though I’m certain this short had a child actor as the lead (probably a teen), it had no real NSFW scenes like Cuties did. It focused more on the *signs* that a child was being exploited, which is what I think Cuties absolutely should’ve focused on rather than showing us the children being exploited in all its...horrific "glory".

[@itsozzy1378]

That Mrgirl dude or whatever has to be a character, no way that's a real person, lmao. Edit: *Holy shit. That was a real person.*

[@AnneIglesias]

If you value your sanity, don’t watch his “conversation” with his girlfriend about orgasms. I don’t need to see the bts to get the overtones of an abusive relationship.

[@Xx_Oleander_xX]

wait what?

[@shenwoo666hellbrawl]

I had a look at his channel. It's defenitely rabbit hole material. Subbing for updates lol

[@itsyourgrillhere6401]

Nah this guy is insane once he released that video of the cuties review he did a livestream defending his points

[@staceyann1180]

Oh my gosh... I was hoping he was just a weird, edgy troll.... Please, just tell me he's a troll!

[@gmsh3794]

the "well-meaning and I assume not creepy" line really had me convinced that that guy was on some tenth level irony shit, but then it turns out he actually got arrested for being a weirdo

[@sin21ful]

The movie itself was icky and could have been executed much better, but here’s my take: These children had to audition for this role as did possibly hundreds of others, and they were no doubt being recorded during these auditions. Where are those audition recordings? They need to be found, confiscated, and destroyed because I can only imagine how valuable that material would be to *some* “people”.

[@capnjackgallows3204]

Dude.........I couldn't have said it better myself!!!!

[@fiamavazquez8528]

Jesus, I hadn't even fucking thought of this....all the footage there has to be of minors being ordered by grown men and women to get into these wildly inappropriate compromising positions is DISGUSTING AT THE VERY LEAST, AND VERY VERY ILLEGAL. They could even be, and most probably someone is, profiting off of this footage, idk, distributing it amongst dark web users who look for these types of videos ... I'm done. There is no justification for this trash.

[@cordelia9714]

Wow.. I never even thought of that. Great comment.

[@shinomiya89]

More than 300 children did the Audion for this trash...

[@snakeoi8189]

@J M Fucking christ man, the more I think about it the more I feel disgusted.

[@zachbernstein3804]

Nobody talks about the parents who let the kids do this movie.

[@itstotallynotsai6577]

YEAH WHAT PARENT LETS THEIR KIDS DO THIS

[@myettechase]

Fame is a powerful drug.

[@LunaRose1312]

And where all the deleted scenes and casting footage is......

[@Bound4Earth]

How about we instead pivot the conversation into a real issue, like parents that allow or force their children to take part in beauty pageants, you know real life sexual objectification of children? No fiction involved. To pretend that a child actor is being damaged beyond repair for filming six months worth of scenes is a fucked mentality to have. Even if it was true, attack the people allowing their children to do this shit in real life.

[@comaster2]

Remember that the parents of theses girls are activists. They approve what the director did and they will tell the girls that what they did was in the name of education.

[@GeneralNuisance00]

Things that would've made this movie a lot less creepy: 1. Aging up the characters to be 18, possibly runaways from various hyperconservative religions with an emphasis on "purity." This has the added bonus of coming off less like Islamophobia and more like a criticism on how organized religion as a whole treats women and female sexuality. 2. Aging up the characters to ages 15 -17 and using adult actresses. This is what Mean Girls did, and that movie also touched upon the pressure girls feel to be sexual, albeit in a completely different way. 3. Making it an animated film, using adult VAs, and having a tone/framing that makes it clear that oversexualization is not healthy. 4. Using adult stunt doubles. Things that would've aided the message: 1. Going for a more centrist position. Making it clear that *both* complete sexual repression (barring sex-repulsed ace people because there isn't much to suppress, you're just ace, which is cool and valid) and hypersexuality are not healthy. Point out that both of these things sexualize and objectify women, just in different ways. Make it clear that demanding purity/twerkfest out of girls and women are both incredibly damaging to the psyche and to one's view of sex and sexuality. Make it clear that while a healthy exploration of one's own sexuality is normal, twerking on a guy who is easily 3 times your age is most definitely not that. 2. Read 1 again.

[@casualcrisis6349]

i agree with everything but the ace comment. nice job writing all that out, they definitely could've done things different

[@akhonankosi4704]

Underrated comment and it deserves an award👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@shadedhydra6674]

General Nuisance Agreed though I don't think that there's a problem with a movie focusing its criticism on a specific religion, that's the one thing I'm fine with the filmmaker doing. As a Christian I don't mind when a movie focuses specifically on the bad parts of that religion, nothing should be above criticism in art.

[@KarlaHolland]

How is it islamophobic if the director is Muslim and depicts the culture she grew up in?

[@harperhale-gibson1102]

@@casualcrisis6349 why don't you agree with the ace comment lol

[@msSweety]

There are so many problems with this movie, you addressed a few of them, but forgot that the 100's of kids who audition for this wasn't allowed to have an adult they trusted with them into the audition, they had to go in alone. So basically an alone kid twerking in front of a panel of producers, directors and who knows what else. The whole thing is sickening.

[@thegeneralissimo470]

I hated people who defended it saying “she’s a black French woman, you can’t critique her!” Why? Why shouldn’t we hold everyone to the same standards; or is FGM, beating your children, and child marriages the new hip “in-vogue” thing?

[@hotel_arcadia]

Call me racist, but just because she comes from a country that glorifies anti-female violence doesn't justify her film by any means.

[@turbovirgin_]

Holding someone immune from criticism by virtue of their minority status is still prejudice. It's just as racist to the person you're "protecting" as straight-up old-school racism.

[@vikrejj]

no one said you can't criticise her because she's a black french woman. she's terrible, and this film is pedo-fuel. I don't know where you looked to find people defending this film because she's a black woman

[@uaenaonce8231]

I agree and all but I'm pretty sure no one said sentence word-to-word. It could be your own interpretations of the comments but then it shouldn't be in quotes.

[@Captainflowers1011]

@@turbovirgin_ "benevolent racism/sexism" or "the bigotry of low expectations" take your pick.

[@why_tho_]

I'm just worried about the children in the movie being scarred for life.

[@dr.claudiafinch1088]

I was thinking more of people they know recognizing them as an actress in that film and how it will likely cause them extreme anxiety. Considering how many people (especially older people) like to victim blame and shame those who have been abused (yes I do consider what the director did as abuse. Mental abuse, you'll understand why later) These older people are in a position of power over these young actresses. The fact that they were in my mind forced to participate in this legalized CP film disturbs and disgusts me. I say mental abuse because this kind of thing from the auditions to the filming, to the release of the film will stick with them for the rest of their lives! No amount of money is worth the future stigma, hatred, and ostracization these young girls will have to face. The damage to their psyche and reputation has already been done. I hope these children pursue this director when they're 18 to the fullest extent of the law.

[@madyvalente3739]

@@dr.claudiafinch1088 thank you.

[@Johnconagher]

They are most likely

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

@@dr.claudiafinch1088 What's even worst? I've seen a lot of memes where it implied that the parents of these young actresses took them to an audition for the sake of incomes and fame which they never bat an eye about the situation, or maybe they don't care about the children anymore. That happened a lot for child stars who suffered from their fame.

[@lila44411]

Apparently, the director had a psychologist on set, AT ALL TIMES. Almost as if he knew he was scarring them... If it wasn't disturbing, why was the psychologist there? All the people involved are just sick liars.

[@lime_seed]

what sucks the most is that this movie and entire situation is going to follow the kid actors for the rest of their lives :(

[@_____-wy8vp]

yeah. intent of the movie aside, a girl putting her nipples out on camera is gonna stay with her for the rest of her life, and im not sure a 12 year old understands that. as adults we have a responsibility to not let that happen to kids. id hate for the kids involved in this to feel ashamed and scared about it, and its backlash.

[@sierrahale804]

Oh youre right! 0_0

[@Roadent1241]

@@_____-wy8vp I hope they get the best help possible then.

[@AnymMusic]

@@_____-wy8vp they had to WHAT???? How the fck did her parents agree to this??

[@seanmangan3478]

Nah what sucks is they weren't taken away from their perverted parents.

[@adampkalb]

When the world needed her the most, Domee Shi gave us a much better alternative to Cuties that shows four girls coming of age and trying to become women without sexualizing them in the process of denouncing the hyper-sexualization of minors. Turning Red was about Meilin Lee facing the same challenges as Amy of navigating two different conflicting cultures, but Turning Red's execution of the idea is superior to Cuties because the main girl characters of Turning Red wear decent clothing at all times, have more personality than the main girl characters of Cuties, and still have a sense of childlike innocence at the end of the story. All of the backlash against Cuties reminds me why Turning Red is a great film and why nobody should complain about Turning Red again, because Turning Red got me to like Domee Shi for the miracle of making a kid-friendly version of the worst first-time film of 2020. Turning Red also knew how to write better main characters for us to like and condemn underage hyper-sexualization without making that the main focus of the story. Its message about embracing your wild side and honoring yourself while honoring your parents was more well-focused because Mei never sexualizes herself to get other kids to like her. March 9, 2023, 3:12pm

[@mavikartal7775]

In 2019, I believed that we entered a new kind of low with Cats. Now, I watched Cats in order to cope with the fact that Cuties exist.

[@disappointedmess209]

this had a better plot twist then every disney movie.

[@pergys6991]

Cats was an abomination to anybody with an eye for looking at pretty art. Cuties is actually a danger to society

[@angel_of_rust]

cats had the decency to not be morally bankrupt.

[@AngelinaParker]

I'd rather watch the Butthole Cut of Cats than this fucking atrocity.

[@Ludwig_Perpenhente]

The thing is, while Cats was a Psychological Horror movie, at least no kid was harmed. It's harmless (unless you include the psychological horror bit). Cuties on the other hand. I don't even need to say anything

[@androidinblack5291]

There is no better example of “good idea, horrible execution” than this movie.

[@Raccon_Detective.]

Agreed the start of the was good and that's it.

[@CrypticPara]

Very much agreed.

[@lemmonboy6459]

Reminds me of Jake Peralta: “Cool motive, still murder.”

[@petercarioscia9189]

Sure, except she wasn't trying to make a movie that criticizes sexploitation of children. Her INTENTIONS were to sexploit them. But since that pissed people off, her PR team and the media are trying to gaslight you.

[@Tokuijin]

@@petercarioscia9189, eh, it seems like she wasn't because the promotional materials in its native France aren't the same as they are here.

[@robbytherobinson6654]

For a film named "Cuties," there's nothing cute about it.

[@thebilliespace]

It is never even explained why these girls are called Cuties or why they're so popular. I never see girls saying they wanna be like them or cheering them on at competitions or anything.

[@timothydarden6133]

That title single-handedly ruined both the adjective and the brand of oranges. Now we're forced to find synonyms and look for other orange brands, such as Halos. That is just a nitpick, though. The biggest problem is tarnishing the innocence of actresses that are too young to watch a film that they starred in.

[@mariahchelle]

The ‘cuties’ I only like are the orange little tangerines at the supermarket!

[@robbytherobinson6654]

Timothy Darden, the movie would have been much better if it starred the oranges instead.

[@mariahchelle]

@@robbytherobinson6654 YES

[@lindamorris9120]

Oh my freaking heavens! I knew a few people that said they cancelled Netflix because of a movie exploiting children. I had no idea. I cancelled Netflix before that . I was gobsmacked! I love your channel and so appreciate you for exposing this. I don’t know why people weren’t screaming ! If a man wis caught with some of these images they would be called predators!,

[@casualobserver3853]

If you need a film that exploits children to explain to you why exploiting children is bad, you may need therapy. Or a prison sentence.

[@dundun8640]

check the comments on here kinda seems like precident to normalize what ever is going one here

[@larrychilders6599]

How about both or a dose of freedom seeds

[@jeremieh5009]

Or both

[@ivanv2551]

Both is better

[@chemystrypassionfyre729]

Literally 2 days before cuties was released my colleague showed me a vid of her 14yr old sister dancing to WAP because she thought it was hilarious. This same person was also disgusted by cuties. I dont understand the logic. Honestly ppl talking about cuties hated so much on the movie and director instead of focusing on the fact that this is real life for alot of kids nowadays

[@loturzelrestaurant]

Well... THEN REPORT CUTIES DEFENDERS!! Seriously: Be the opposite of cancel-culture and bind together for the right stuff. The objectively right stuff, yeah? Honestly? Dont even stop there. Being the opposite of cancel-culture is dammnn easy, alone for the fact how incredible easy Open Racism and Nudity and whatnotelse is findable. Its easy to find, so what exactly is your excuse for not finding and flagging them on purpose? I myself have gotten Nudity, Spam-Bots, Racists and Hackers and so much more removed! You can too! Be the opposite of cancel-culture and dont be someone who just complains but never acts on his words!

[@Evbuscus1]

That's the truly disappointing part about all of this. There was a good message about the environment kids live in today, but it was absolutely buried by the awful execution.

[@Tavares0709]

@@loturzelrestaurant This hollier-than-thou bore thinks that the youtube report system actually works, lol

[@loturzelrestaurant]

@@Tavares0709 OOF. That did not work out as you planned it. Haha. Ok, heres the thing: If you make an assumption and then build a 'arrogant down-talking' on it, that's gonna literally increase the anyway-inherent embarassment that such down-talk has anyway. Not only do i know and have proven that the reportsystem can work, but my asking around for people to join the Fun literally shows that it works enough for me to now have gotten the idea to ask people to join (duhhhh). I mean, thats in itself contained Duh-ness. And even that's not the End of the Story of your comment failing, but this comment gets long, so whatever. Still: Good laugh you gave me. Next time, try better; nice try though. Nice try. Or so i would say IF it was a Good Try. But it wasnt. I explained the Reason why.

[@loturzelrestaurant]

@@Tavares0709 As expected from someone with a username including that certain Word: You truly got yourself pity-blocked after One comment. 1. 1!

[@miaskates2601]

As someone who bore a passing resemblance to Shirley Temple as a little girl the sexualization I faced from strangers and from adults who tried to get me alone was incredibly damaging. I wasn't abused by any of these adults because I had to learn how to outsmart these people as a means of survival. Regardless, if some yahoo like me who happens to look similar to someone who was a famous actress in the 30's was a target to sexual predators how does my experience compare to actual child actors? The times I've escaped exploitation of that degree haunts me every time I consider the girls who weren't as lucky as me. It's not exactly a hot take to say "hey this is fucked up" when discussing the sexualization of minors, it's safe to say that sexualization like this puts average children at risk even when they are not a part of instances like cuties.

[@Noelciaaa]

Ah yeah... When I was a tween and a bit younger there were lots of weddings in my family. I loved dancing so I danced like wild. But once some (distant, strangers to me) uncles kept looking at me and trying to dance with me, I stopped dancing... I think it was the moment I first understood that no, I can't feel safe and must watch how I act.. . So gross...

[@Noelciaaa]

Also I'm like closer to 30 than 20 now so I'm my time there was no such thing as twerking or anything super sexual a child could emulate from TV, I legit just chaotically danced, stiff hips and all, but somehow it was too much... What a terrible experience.

[@setsers1]

WTF

[@victor-zi7bu]

@Raychle Bernoth I’m sorry that happened to you.

[@caolanochearnaigh9804]

I'm sorry for what you had to go through, but who the hell is Shirley Temple...?

[@Melody-td5hd]

My best friend watched this movie and was texting me running commentary as she watched it. The texts kept escalating in horror. From "Oh my god" to "OH MY GOD" to "OH MY GOD DUDE IT'S SO BAD."

[@Lyndiloo]

It seems like the director didn't condemn the sexualization of preteens so much as just show it to us. Like "Here it is. That's it." The male gaze is entirely too prevalent to be considered condemnation. I think I understand what the director intended, but the filming choices leave the viewer feeling complicit in something we all know is wrong. Like we're watching it happen, so we must be okay with it. Makes people feel really gross. I can't understand why Netflix went through with it.

[@MrPloopi]

because hate watch and controversy is good for business

[@astroblast2325]

You have a really great way of explaining what I assume the creators were going for, but they couldn't understand themselves being complicit in harming young girls by showcasing not controversial concepts or conversarions/scenes, but arguable softcore CP. I can't understand how so little thought went into something so sensitive. Like I cant even get my points across clearly bc im so dumbfounded. The amount of adults who greenlit this is terrifying.

[@MrPloopi]

@@astroblast2325 yes that's the thing: I can totally understand the director's point in shocking us by showing what our (some) kids have become through social media pressure. But they don't do that out of the blue either, they copy adult behavior. But the people who green lit it like Netflix, the people apologizing the movie seem to apologize more for the softcore CP in it than the original message of the movie. And you're like wtf? What the movie tells us is that millions of girls have done all that in the secret of their room ALREADY (if not on a stage like in the movie) and the only sane reaction should be: what can we do to stop this madness? So the movie failed in it's core intent and shocked us for no result.

[@astroblast2325]

@@MrPloopi it's an important and super interesting concept that they did not have the capability or nuance to depict well, however that excuse only goes so far when I remember that it's legit exploitation of children! I can't decide if it's insidious or complete ineptitude (from a dangerous amount of people). There are ways to depict nuanced and uncomfortable things. Like you said, the girls are picking things up from adults or targeted media that makes young girls think maturity and worth comes from sex and/or the gaze of older men, pornography, tons of things, but the emphasis could be on the environment, conversations, the adults around them instead of continuing to (mainly) visually perpetuate the problem on a *severe* level. With smarter, less callous people I believe this movie could have been fantastic and unnerving without being harmful to young actresses. I said it in a different comment, but although I believe there genuinely were good intentions on behalf of the director, I can't believe the she "made something so disgusting and DANGEROUS when presumably knowing the affects and problems that hypersexualised media reaching children at a young age can do to a young person's development." This was long but you get it. I just cant believe this shit, I just ??!? ?!!!? !!!!

[@l33t-haxor17]

AstroBlast Watch Thirteen, it has a wide variety of messages and actually gets their message across

[@wayned535]

The Mr girl guy isnt joking in the slightest. He went on a podcast acouple days after he released that video to defend his position.

[@davidmorgan758]

Thanks for telling us his name. Do you know his general whereabouts, for peaceful discussion of course?

[@wayned535]

@@davidmorgan758 I wish I knew but I actually reported him to the FBI. Just so they can keep an eye out for him.(I'm not joking I literally reported him to the feds after I saw that video lol. I even commented on his video that reported him and he responded with, "why I'm not breaking the law.")

[@wayned535]

@@davidmorgan758 wow I just tried to search his youtube channel and go back to the video that he made where I commented and I think he deleted his channel. I think the feds actually contacted him lol

[@wayned535]

@@davidmorgan758 hopefully his harddrive got searched

[@davidmorgan758]

Wayne D For real though. Hearing him talk about it was genuinely unsettling. I can’t believe he thought uploading that was a good idea. Hopefully he hasn’t done anything egregious, and hopefully he will he placed on a watchlist

[@jacksoncabrera7236]

The thing that angers me the most, is that people didn't start going after child beauty pageants after t his happened. That's the scariest part about this. Its still a problem people are facing today with reality tv. People don't want to see children exploited for entertainment when they don't know about other tv shows that nobody else heard of. Beauty pagents for children shouldn't exist.

[@wilmagregg3131]

beauty pagents are fine if its just princess dresses and what not its good for the kids self esteem and really only cuteness is being judged. the "beauty pagents" that have children dress in swim suits or DISGUSTING FLITH like that should be banned as that is blatant P b ait not cuteness including the show jojo siwo got famous in

[@neragato5960]

@@wilmagregg3131 beauty pageants are the exact opposite of "good" for girls self-esteem. It teaches them to compare themselves and their beauty to other girls, and unless you win every single competition, it teaches them that there will always be girls who are more beautiful than themselves. Even without the pedo bait, beauty pageants are toxic. Beauty shouldn't be a competition.

[@The_jezeb3l]

Exactly like dance moms oml the shit they do there is 100x worse than what you see on cuties.

[@drawnwithlove3499]

@@The_jezeb3l oh ESPECIALLY DANCE MOMS. Have you seen the video exposing it? The main teacher of the girls is hella abusive, even if it was staged no adult should be yelling at kids like that! Especially at a young age it's hard to shake off that kind of thing!

[@The_jezeb3l]

@@drawnwithlove3499 exactly

[@stephenclemence4388]

I felt uncomfortable just watching this video, I cant imagine what the show is like.

[@ConsciousRobot]

It's like actually murdering people to prove murder is bad. Makes no sense.

[@sammy6866]

@beugre marie found the MAP

[@ConsciousRobot]

@beugre marie what?

[@jrpgaddict]

@@ConsciousRobotignore him, you re right sir

[@ytcorporate9237]

We've got that, it's called the death sentence; welcome to the hypocrisy of human morality.

[@anyalaASMR]

@@ytcorporate9237 The death sentence is only for people who have done immeasurable harm. Completely different.

[@alejandroronderos1053]

This movie gets a lot of promotion and support, while the documentary "A child's voice", which actually talks about the consequences of minor's sexual exploitation is removed from Amazon Prime. I think that says a lot about society.

[@clanofclams2720]

Well... A child's voice was dogshit...

[@peanutjuice1748]

@@clanofclams2720 You proved his point. Spoken like a dude who clearly cant give a shit about more reasonable documentaries lmao

[@clanofclams2720]

@@peanutjuice1748 A Child's Voice wasn't a documentary you fucking tool. It was a terrible terrible film that made implications that child traffickers were devil worshipers who sacrificed children to satan lol. The movie was god awful.

[@clanofclams2720]

@@peanutjuice1748 "A homeless teen answers the voice of a child calling out for help and is sent on a mission to save the life of a young immigrant woman from human traffickers." Does that sound like the longline of a fucking documentary to you?

[@peanutjuice1748]

@@clanofclams2720 I wont argue with you, but I dont think you understand (let alone have the ability) why A Childs Voice does a better job at bringing awareness than Cuties. Go ahead and be a mutt.

[@renegadetherapper]

"I saw these 11 year olds dancing like sexualized adults so I thought.... Why not make a movie about it?" The logic of an absolute sociopath.... Profiting off of exploiting young children who don't understand how they're actually being ABUSED.

[@loturzelrestaurant]

Renegade the Rapper... THEN REPORT CUTIES-DEFENDERS!! Seriously: Be the opposite of cancel-culture and bind together for the right stuff. The objectively right stuff, yeah? Honestly? Dont even stop there. Being the opposite of cancel-culture is dammnn easy, alone for the fact how incredible easy Open Racism and Nudity and whatnotelse is findable. Its easy to find, so what exactly is your excuse for not finding and flagging them on purpose? I myself have gotten Nudity, Spam-Bots, Racists and Hackers and so much more removed! You can too! Do 'something'!

[@renegadetherapper]

@@loturzelrestaurant yes, report terrible people online so that nobody knows they're terrible and they can hide like cowards from everyone. I'd rather these assholes leave themselves out in the open so people know their faces and can punch it when they see it. That's just me though. Reporting people's KZbin accounts won't keep creeps from being creeps in real life. Seems like an ineffective "do something" to pat yourself on the back without really making a monumental difference.

[@loturzelrestaurant]

@@renegadetherapper Thats a very weird and naive view on this. Why do you think people offline report crimes? Why do we have a Police? Lol, you have a really dumb idea of right and wrong if you think reporting is just helping the Criminals. Why do we have a police then? I think you genuinly need to rethink this Viewpoint of yours.

[@loturzelrestaurant]

@@renegadetherapper I think you genuinly need to rethink this Viewpoint of yours.

[@renegadetherapper]

@@loturzelrestaurant you're just offended I called you out on being fake productive by simply reporting accounts you think are bad. Most social media platforms don't do much other than take the account off of the website and that's that. If you meant report to the police, that's different, bit you didn't say that, you just said "report" which implies the report feature on most social media platforms, which, again, just does nothing except take the person's account away. With a new email address they can just make a new account. You're delusional if you think you're some heroic crime fighter for pressing a "report account" button cuz someone said a racial slur online or spammed etc. You just wanna feel good about yourself without actually doing anything that requires more effort than pressing a button.

[@BaDazai]

.... I tried to watch it thinking people were being judgemental for the clout and self righteousness. It was horrible, they were right! Those little girls....how was this movie even made without a single crew member, sponsor, actors or parents speaking against it?

[@DistractedGlobeGuy]

Because it was made in the EU and financed by US corporations.

[@saintwumples4403]

Why would you watch it? I saw the poster and immediately decided never to watch it.

[@tiffanymoss6125]

They're children, let them be children! Parents shouldn't be pimping out their kids for recognition and a paycheck!

[@anniet494]

Yep.... Fashion nova is under fire for promoting not age appropriate outfits for kids

[@ezrastardust3124]

There’s a film similar to this, about an Indian girl growing up in Britain and being conflicted over following her family’s traditions and wanting to fit in with the cool girls. The subject of adult men grooming underage girls is touched on, but nothing explicit is shown at any point. The film is called Anita and Me. If you want a film that handles this subject without ruining the lives of the child actors involved, watch that film.

[@ezrastardust3124]

@Meher Chaithanya much much better There’s nothing explicit at all, it’s all simply implied There is one brief scene towards the end but it’s heavily censored and they’re clearly using adult actors

[@ezrastardust3124]

@Meher Chaithanya I completely agree

[@nat6098]

So if you want a movie about how untraditional wants of a young girl can clash with her religious upbringing and society including how she deals with her father getting a second wife, that doesn't include anything sexual, I would suggest Wadjda. It doesn't deal with the sexual exploitation of children, but it also won't leave you feeling like the FBI is about to break down your door. It is also a directorial debut of a female director and the first movie to be filmed entirely in Saudi Arabia by a female Saudi Arabian director.

[@azadalamiq]

thing is the movie is about both.. :/ 1) as girl fighting her religious upbringing 2) child exploitation.

[@nat6098]

@@azadalamiq but the child actor was not sexualized and it pointed out the flaws in the culture. Obviously the situation for the women and children who are involved with the film wasn't great because it was done in Saudi Arabia which has horrible human rights, but I would argue that it's still better than watching 11 year olds twerking.

[@nat6098]

@UCiczrbmOMeMR9FuhyqO4w2w I only mention the fact that the director is female for two reasons: 1. People are using the fact that cuties was directed by a woman as a reason that it shouldn't be criticized, even though it doesn't matter who makes a film with child exploitation because it's wrong and disgusting. 2. Until very recently women were not allowed to direct movies in Suadi Arabia so Wadja being the first is noteworthy as it shows that women there are (sadly very) slowly breaking barriers.

[@thebilliespace]

@@azadalamiq OP is offering another choice for those interested in those themes but not interested in the sexualization of the children

[@birdigo]

honestly thank you for blurring this, i never heard anything about the actual movie, just the poster. just hearing iabout it and it blurred out is making me incredibly nauseous

[@virgilbarrios3174]

Mrgirl: "Definitely better than most movies" Um, I'm sorry but Sonic The Hedgehog came out this year.

[@squeaks5677]

Sonic when he sees Mrgirl’s video: That’s NO GOOD.

[@lethaldream50]

honestly the Sonic movie was surprisingly good lol

[@virgilbarrios3174]

@@lethaldream50 And, since no other movie could come out in theaters this year, it's automatically the best movie of 2020.

[@ayotwisted]

@@virgilbarrios3174 Yeah, That Movie Is One Of My Favorite 2020 Movies 😃

[@d-righty]

Good for him.

[@thebigmanjmanbigthe]

Rumor has it Cuties' budget was generously funded by Jeffrey Epstein.

[@Nikki-jn3ud]

Oh god I'm so glad he's dead.

[@noelaguirrechavez4462]

too bad they left him hangin' to see this movie

[@goneforevers]

After a long day of work, Kanye West goes to his Kanye Nest to take his Kanye Rest. He wakes up feeling his Kanye Best. Then he’ll get Kanye Dressed into his Kanye Vest to go on a Kanye Quest. He goes to church and becomes Kanye Blessed, then to a hotel room to be a Kanye Guest. Then to school to take his Kanye Test. He forgot to brush his teeth. Did he run out of Kanye Crest? His neighbor stole it, what a Kanye Pest.” -Mark Twain

[@marakarthegreat]

I bet Dan Schneider was involved with filming

[@theactualTVB]

To this day, whenever I think of Netflix’s “apology” tweet, I think of the one South Park episode about the CEO of the gas company “apologizing” the oil crisis.

[@princekyle4132]

*sexy voice* We’re sorry.

[@loturzelrestaurant]

Well... THEN REPORT CUTIES DEFENDERS!! Seriously: Be the opposite of cancel-culture and bind together for the right stuff. The objectively right stuff, yeah? Honestly? Dont even stop there. Being the opposite of cancel-culture is dammnn easy, alone for the fact how incredible easy Open Racism and Nudity and whatnotelse is findable. Its easy to find, so what exactly is your excuse for not finding and flagging them on purpose? I myself have gotten Nudity, Spam-Bots, Racists and Hackers and so much more removed! You can too! Do 'something'!

[@SakuraEvangeline]

that episode is so good :D

[@MiketheNerdRanger]

I *didn't* watch Cuties, as it was described as sexualizing kids. But listening to this video about it, it's *so* much worse than I thought.

[@roshnipatel2000]

The director said in an interview that the story was based off of a real dance show she witnessed. She should’ve just interviewed the parents of the girls she witnessed dancing and credible experts on childhood development or something similar instead of recreating it!

[@3u-n3ma_r1-c0]

Lmfao worst case of "I was inspired" ever

[@SpiralPoliFemboy]

Or she could've used adult actors and actually put more of a focus on the horrors of sexualizing minors. The movie clearly isn't about demeaning pedophilia. It's obviously encouraging it. They just came with a bullshit reason to excuse their horrendous, heinous actions. This movie is a literal pedophile playground.

[@lavender5655]

I feel like it would’ve been easy to find adult actors that look like kids. I’m 19 and I get mistaken for being 12 or 13 often. Same with a few of my friends. I don’t think it’s that hard to find.

[@boombop4980]

Exactly. I’m 16 and look like a 12 y/o

[@tacoboy2218]

Bro I'm 23 and when I shave I look 15

[@Trollestiatumblur]

Turning 21 in feb, people think I am 16 at most, 14 at the youngest… and I’m 5’7 so that’s how I know it’s a baby face 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@eatmypanart]

I'm 21 and the same happens to me, being mistaken as 12-14 years old. it isn't that hard to find someone

[@jeanneann3545]

21 and got mistaken for 12-14 years old a lot. If it wasnt for my pimples and lipstick, id probably get mistaken as even younger 💀 my relatives keep asking me what middle school grade Iam and got very shocked to find out Im in fact, graduated highschool for quite a while ago. It got to the point I actually feel insecure to be in relationships. Do they like me or do they like my youthful appearance? But I feel like hiring adult actors that looks like kids and teens still feel icky.

[@natto4now]

They legit canceled daredevil Dark crystal, bojack horseman, Punisher Let that sink in Please feel free to add to the list

[@rylinwormington1453]

Why did BoJack get cancelled?

[@natto4now]

@@rylinwormington1453 idk but something about wanting to end it before it got burned out

[@LadyGrey260]

Rylin Wormington It didn’t.

[@mars_does_stuff7106]

I'm Not Okay with this and One Day At a Time both are getting cancelled. Which is so sad to me because they're one of the few shows young lgbtq+ viewers have with lesbian representation the is not over sexualized, as "lesbian representation" often is sadly.

[@natto4now]

@@mars_does_stuff7106 well if were lucky we gonna get a cuties sequel and cinematic universe Yay

[@ellaeadig263]

The director could have told the story of Cuties in so many different other ways that did NOT include putting child actors in gross situations. So many of the stomach-churning shots here could have been implied or avoided somehow.

[@shanta824]

"Its not art, its f***ing disgusting!" great message, j

[@chance2480]

Last sentence of the video and still misquoted lol

[@AQueerMenace]

@@chance2480 ,,, they weren't quoting the last sentence of the vid. They were correctly quoting a sentence a few mins before

[@AQueerMenace]

Particular around 26:01 I think

[@Jay-n262]

I can't believe some people were actually defending this film.

[@disappointedmess209]

there is this one guy in the reply section of a comment that is. try to find it

[@SharksandDinos]

Oh yeah, like Black Critic Guy.

[@C4TC4T]

Netflix itself was trying to defend it

[@0ne0nlyLarry]

Really ? You're surprised there are freaks and monsters out there that defend this POS

[@Colddirector]

My favourite defense is "it won a Sundance Award!", as if that doesn't just make Sundance look worse.

[@ippedhairntertainment2328]

The movie ruined Netflix's reputation. *The movie also ruined the poor kids' lives.*

[@smelly6137]

at this point they’ll probably be traumatized sooner or later. i’m pretty sure they don’t understand the gravity of this yet and will need therapy later on in life. fuck these adults.

[@jeanbon666]

Lmao you talk about something you don't known. The kids are fine. They have been followed by psychologists during the shooting. Everything you say about a probable trauma is just pure speculation.

[@IZ2bSA80]

@@jeanbon666 Speculation yes, however, if those kids haven't been explicitely told how their image was going to used (and so far I've seen nothing confirming they were), then when those kids become mature enough to really understand how badly they've been manipulated, I'd wager it's highly likely to cause some sort of trauma so yeah speculation but only to some extent. Also, I would love to hear what those shrinks have to say about this movie, I think it'd be pretty telling...

[@jeanbon666]

@@IZ2bSA80 You're still speculating about things you have made no research about. The psychologists were at the initiative of the director. She has made this film based on her own childhood, she is concerned about the actors. She has insisted for personnal meetings with psys and also meeting with both the children and their families. She obviously talk to them before casting them. And you come here with no fucking clue about what you are talking about and say they are manipulated. You're just speculating about things you have no will to learn about.

[@IZ2bSA80]

@@jeanbon666 Are there scenes in this movie which are considered softcore cp? Yes or no? Will pedophiles use such scenes to satisfy their urges? Yes or no? We've all heard about those psychologists yet after such a big controversy, none of them have came forward to ease the anger and tell us about how things were handled, nothing, not a peep. So far, all we have is the word of the director that those kids were in a safe environment, nothing is proven. So yes, as long as no proof is given that those kids has been specifically told how their image would be used and that they understood what it meant, we must assume the worst because they are kids. Now you are telling me I have no clue what I'm talking about and who knows, perhaps you're right but you also need to remember that saying "those kids are fine" is also pure speculation.

[@adampkalb]

💔Cuties really breaks my heart, not only because it is a depressing melodrama that is inconsistent in wanting us to root for Amy while showing her to be a bad person we should hate, not only because it attacks its own message while making Amy's mom the antagonist for keeping her safe, but because Cuties is a hopeless, heartless movie with no innocence. It is about corrupted children who have bad parents and no childhood or childlike innocence, all while stealing the childhoods of the five tween girls who play the main characters. 😭 January 1, 2023, 9:26am

[@sydneeblueford3754]

A movie that does this moral right and non-sexually is LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE. Go watch it :D

[@ImDudeRandom90]

THIS

[@vanessaanneVA]

is it on netflix 👁👁

[@shr1mpsush1]

Is that the movie about the road trip to the beauty pageant? If so, I'm pretty sure I've seen it. The movie really lost me when the actual beauty pageant happened.

[@bluelips501]

Yessss!!! And its one of my favorite movies 🙌

[@lordkanti8260]

Hearing about this film is like hearing about someone’s death in detail.

[@setsers1]

WTF

[@switchblade6]

I'd prefer hearing about my own death in detail than this

[@lordkanti8260]

@@switchblade6 now that sounds like a interesting plot for a movie 😅

[@drawnwithlove3499]

@@lordkanti8260 The Lovely Bones

[@idrinkpicklejuice8389]

In my country, Czech Republic, people made a similar movie "Caught in the net" and it was executed far better than this absolutely disgusting piece of crap. I recommend watching that over this, they hired adult girls, made them look younger, built them rooms and they were catching pedophiles online and then catching them. (yeah the movie is more like documentary but, it's similar case). Also, I was sexualized when I was 13 so cuties made me feel sad for the girls, they don't know better, their parents are fucking useless in protecting their children.

[@rainandhail67]

Conspiracy theory : Cuties was genuinely pedo-bait, self serving to those who actually made it, the female director being a stand in to reduce backlash (I mean think about if some grown ass man made this). Like those sex novels with fake female authors to make women feel more comfortable buying them.

[@dougthedonkey1805]

“Your honor, please, my client only killed someone to show that murder is wrong.”

[@Jsssddfgffghshdhdhusjsjd]

"I'll let him off, to show that abuse of the justice system is wrong."

[@hunova4799]

When I was these girls age I was in a dance group like this that performed at beauty pageants and as much as the film portrays how toxic that environment is, our dance outfits were always full black leggings and big matching T-shirts which design changed depending on the show. There were no form-fitting or risque costumes and we definitely didn't dance like that...

[@ciphergacha9100]

So they made this shit more sexual than it actually was

[@HaintblueRee]

As a former majorette I saw some risqué outfits similar to the one in Cuties that made even at that age super uncomfortable. In my group we were lucky enough to not be dressed like that

[@gabereynolds1299]

This is the first film controversy that I'm on the side of censorship

[@harleymitchelly5542]

No need to invoke Godzilla Threshhold. We've had this standard for a while. No kids, no case. Well, we got a kid all right, so now we got a case. Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition if you're interested. The existence or lack thereof in Free Speech Coalition's case was the dealmaker.

[@twister1154]

I wouldn't consider it an issue with censorship. The problem is the medium. No need to censor the topic.

[@bippap1034]

This isn’t an issue about censorship. In fact, if you made the same film but animated and with actual, y’know, craft and artistic vision, this film might’ve been hailed as a classic. The issue is they endangered actual children to show their “message.” In fact, Emergence is so much worse in its content than Cuties, but the reason why the writer isn’t being hunted as we speak, is because it’s a manga made by one person with no children

[@happyquinn710]

@@bippap1034 I feel like even if you take this movie and just animated it, it would still give the wrong message. This managed to make SAO look like it had good writing and was decent at handling hardcore subjects. SAO is one of the worst examples of how to handle a hardcore subject because they sexualized and tried to make jokes during many r*pe scenes. That's were most movies go wrong and that message that they try so hard to show dissappears. When they dance around the issue and instead of saying 'it's bad and very harmful' they show 'it's fun in the moment'. I just really wanted to talk about this because this movie f*cked up in morals and in demonstration in way more ways then one.

[@chromegnats]

@@happyquinn710 what is “SOA”?

[@ijneb1248]

A perfect example of how opposite sides of the political spectrum will completely 100% agree on the same issue but will still find a way to argue about it

[@Slashy.]

I just have to mention to not shame the kid actors. They probably didn't know what they were getting themselves into and this movie will follow them for the rest of their lives :c *WHAT WERE THE PARENTS THINKING THOUGH?*

[@laneythelame]

No-one shamed the child actors, they were kids. It's 1000% the adults' fault

[@Slashy.]

@@laneythelame I've seen many people do that sadly :// I do agree that it's the adult's faults though! /nm

[@maddoxprimeaux3565]

This is what the parents were thinking. M O N E Y

[@mrziggyzaggy113]

Nothing, head empty

[@Blingy]

The parents were thinking of money only

[@marthamydear7499]

It’s changed every normal person’s view of Netflix. Forever.

[@prasad530]

HAHA. Netflix kills as a business model and a brand. This is like Netflix getting a paper cut.

[@Darek_B52]

my friend's grandmother barely gets the internet and knows near none of it's drama but even she got mad at Netflix!

[@teehee5189]

@Capree San geuss you're not normal then

[@teehee5189]

@@prasad530 it probably won't affect them financially that much but people will still think about how they have enabled this stuff on there platform and people won't want to be associated with them

[@prasad530]

@@teehee5189 Netflix has 36,000 hours of content so it's a given that some shows or movies will slip though that are offensive. Very few people would care enough to judge a whole company over a few bad apples, especially when Netflix has a solid track record of producing some pretty great stuff.

[@CHloE748]

Too bad Austin Jones went to jail, he would have LOVED this movie!

[@SuperPurplePancakes]

im tryna figure out how this movie is different from that situation lmao asking underage tweens to twerk for them on camera

[@CHloE748]

SuperPurplePancakes my thoughts exactly! The clip of him showing the girls how to twerk (🤮) came to mind, just think of the dancers they had behind the scenes teaching these girls how to hump the floor.. Absolutely disgusting!

[@iloveplasticbottles]

I feel like just watching this vid got me on several watchlists

[@DarekLeSecond]

As a french person I would like to say something. Sorry for this mess, everyone... Edit : wtf this joke blown up. But why they're so many shitty people in the comments ?

[@ravenwhiteduck6460]

You lot need jesus

[@DarekLeSecond]

@@ravenwhiteduck6460 No but thank you

[@lesscringeymapperdude]

why would it be the whole nation's problem for the action of a few

[@DarekLeSecond]

@@lesscringeymapperdude That's a joke dude. I'm not really apologising for this shitty movie. I was juste trying to make a funny post

[@Weightingtablesafter]

Dont let it happen again

[@unknownseizure]

Cuties was a big no no. Netflix was "trying to advocate against sexualized children" by sexualizing more children.

[@zoui8215]

unknown seizure yeah fr

[@Nameless-fp4dx]

I still don't understand why its still up on their platform...also nice pfp

[@forickgrimaldus8301]

Epstine Just went hard with the Irony.

[@bisexualichigo4227]

Honestly, I want “to catch a predator” to comeback. It led to suicides, but I ain’t crying over disgusting people, I’m sorry, but I won’t feel bad for your disgusting actions.

[@kr3642]

My mom committed suicide a few years ago and as real as it is for me I still wouldnt flinch hearing that a pedo offed themselves.

[@foreverNwonder]

I second this! But not hosted by Chris Hansen, because that guy has done more than enough.... (Scamming ppl, lying, being connected to several YT’rs doxxing, mishandling EVIDENCE in a grooming/statutory rap3 case!!!!, being more concerned with views/donations than giving correct info, trying to sell scam products related to Coronavirus, etc)

[@neighbor472]

foreverNwonder damn that’s disappointing

[@foreverNwonder]

@@neighbor472 if we live long enough, we’ll see all our heroes fall 😭

[@switchblade6]

They deserve death anyway so meh

[@pariahred13]

Ok thank you. It got so much defense for artistic merit and almost thought I had to watch it to decide. Just the clips you blurred out made me so sick to my stomach but saved me from a traumatic experience with zero artistic redemption. Took one for the team dude.

[@inaudibleThrash]

If you spend 2 hours torturing and abusing animals and then say "see, abusing animals is bad!" you still spent 2 hours abusing and torturing animals. Cuties is pathetic

[@MrShoeler]

The worst part of this movie, is that they will make more money selling the hundreds of auditions, than from the movie itself. Nothing about this is ok.

[@jennifervan75]

Wait are they selling the auditions for real? You're kidding right?

[@MrShoeler]

@@jennifervan75 give it time and that footage will be circulating everywhere. They had something like 600 auditions

[@randompromises1038]

@@MrShoeler WAIT WHAT?! THEY'RE SELLING IT???? WHAT THE FUCK

[@logicalhalt-1096]

@@randompromises1038 no there not

[@melikey3758]

@@logicalhalt-1096 They’re probably selling it in “certain circles” for the “right price”. Honestly I’d be surprised if they weren’t.

[@roberthill5805]

With the current raise in MAP positivity across the internet, this was the worst time to even try to release this movie. I'm not even touching the fact that they changed the promo image when bringing over to the west. This is a movie on the sexualization of children without showing its outright damnation or at least showing massive harm against those who like it or the massive harm it causes. I just don't understand who and why this was released as it was.