If you haven't heard, people across the globe are threatening to cancel Netflix for choosing to air a French film that many are calling a "Pedoflix." The movie Cuties is about a group of 11 year old girls that decide to win a dance competition by twerking.
On twitter, the hashtag NetflixPedofilia has been trending since the trailer of Cuties was released by Netflix. The trailer showed young girls moving their bodies in a manner that some are calling "seductive" or "inappropriate," while the young girls wear revealing clothes. The movie has yet to actually air, but already has over 500,000 dislikes on Netflix, over a million dislikes on the Youtube trailer and nearly 200,000 have already signed a petition to have the movie removed. Others are calling for the boycott and cancellation of Netflix.
Many are claiming that the movie's goal is to incite and promote pedophilia, and argue that the movie, whether intentional or not, sexualizes young girls. The negative comments toward the movie were so great that Netflix issued an apology for the cover of the movie, which featured young girls with their butts out and even a young girl on her knees with her butt up.
Though Netflix removed the scandalous cover, many are still boycotting Netflix and state they will not stop until the movie is removed. Many argue that the entire concept of young girls twerking sends out a bad message that will be exploited by the wrong people (i.e. pedophiles).
If you don't know what twerking is, it's a type of dance that symbolizes sex and involves a person moving the butts up and down in a sexual way. Twerking is meant to be sexual and suggestive.
The director of the movie, Maimouna Doucoure, claims that the movie is actually meant to be a critique against society's and social media's role in sexualizing young girls, but this has done little to stop the public backlash. Many are calling the director a female pedophile and a pedo enabler.
Many are arguing that if the movie is about warning young girls of the dangers of being sexualized through social media, then why make the movie for mature audiences, as the movie, about the 11 year olds, is for mature audiences due to "sex" and "nudity."
Regardless of the public outcry, Netflix has decided that it will continue to air the movie September 09, 2020. This has lead many to call for the cancellation of Netflix. Is this an overreaction from the public or is it justified? One won't know until the movie is released and we all decide for ourselves.
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