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[–] rickman2 0 points 10 points (+10|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Maïmouna Doucouré, slammed critics and said that the film was merely being smeared by intolerant conservative people.

Hang on. I've read that the main girls parents are conservative. I've also read reviews that state the film condemns the industry and behaviour the girls take part it. That it doesn't say exploiting children is a good thing. So why is the writer attacking conservative people? Aren't the conservative parents in the film the ones who are in the right?

I don't even want to or need to see the film to know this is just mental gymnastics from these weirdos. If the film doesn't exploit and sexualise children in a positive way, then she should be praising conservatives and saying "Yes, you're right. That is the story we're telling. That children in todays society are being mistreated."

And I read further and see

Maïmouna Doucouré stated that the film, in a sense, was a protest piece against conservatism and that its goal was to celebrate women and female sexuality.

I really must read the whole article. Clearly this sick bitch is lying through her teeth at every obstacle to not end up in a police interrogation room.

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[–] Just4kicks 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

It's wrong because real girls were groomed to portray that under the guise of "acting" we don't need kids to act sexy to protest it is wrong. Find another way besides exploiting a child.

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[–] kestrel9 ago 

It's not uncommon for leftists to consider legal prostitution a celebration of female sexuality. They don't say much about child prostitution (yet), but many, support a low age of consent and 'intergenerational relationships'. Having sexual twerking be 'liberating' for 11 year old girls and a cause for celebration is just another step on the path for normalizing pedophilia. Reminds me of a young 11 year old drag kid, "Desmond is Amazing", being 'liberated and celebrated' by dancing for dollars at a gay bar.

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[–] elcob32 0 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago 

If you really want to stop this shit, every member of the board of directors for Netflix should be brought up on charges of distribution.

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[–] A_Punkass_Bitch 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

could, but won't

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[–] The1stLantern 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

One look at Early Life section tells you he won't. Get real.

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[–] glassuser 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

"could"

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[–] Popad 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Here we go...could, just might, maybe, considering, possibly, why i otta.

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[–] GreasyCaveman 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

About fucking time we draw a line in the sand!

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[–] FidelisNeuter ago  (edited ago)

I wrote this to another forum but copy/pasta it in case it's of any interest to you:

From this page in French, I'm noting these amounts of money in the production. Not going to pay the cinefinances site to check the info (720 € is standard subscription for a year or 1,800 € for premium, no thanks I'm poor and have stopped watching TV and going to the cinema since pizzagate happened)

https://siritz.com/cinescoop/la-remuneration-de-maimouna-doucoure/

The movie "Cuties" has a budget of 3,4 millions € (seems average amount, in the low budget movies). The production company says it's their first feature film, they were specialized in short videos before that.

Dates are bonkers, they say the movie received in 2017 the Sundance award. Had to check with the Sundance site, they list it as year 2019, Directing Award: World Cinema Dramatic. When was that co-founder of Sundance arrested already? (rhetoric question)

https://www.sundance.org/projects/cuties

The director Doucouré was paid 93,000 € (advance of 50,000 € and salary of 43,000 €), add 25,000 € for the script. They point it's above the median remuneration (copyrights+salary) of French directors that is about 80,000 €.

I wonder why for a first feature film, from a production company barely known to the public, they would pay above average amounts, even if they've received tons of awards in the past for their short films. I also noted the movie was pre-purchased by Canal + (I stopped watching Canal + long before pizzagate, consider them the ultra-liberal Harvey Weinstein not yet arrested from France), Multithématique (dunno) and France 3 (puking worthy, that's a public channel that's considered more local news and societal issues oriented, I believe it's the second public TV channel in importance).

Also in France, the median income for the standard worker is barely 25,000-30,000 €. I'm amazed how much a rather unknown director (except for the industry pros and niche viewers) is making for her first feature film on an obviously not-mainstream topic.

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[–] FidelisNeuter ago  (edited ago)

Edit: I see where the 2017 Sundance award came from. On the French wiki page of Doucouré:

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma%C3%AFmouna_Doucour%C3%A9

It says in January 2017, she's awarded the Global Filmmaking Award for "Cuties", sponsored for the event by African-American director Ava DuVernay.

https://www.lequotidien.sn/sundance-2017-maimouna-doucoure-a-nouveau-recompensee/ (Senegalese news in French, article dated February 3, 2017)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma%C3%AFmouna_Doucour%C3%A9

And from the English wiki, it says that award at Sundance 2017 was for the script. When was that co-founder of Sundance arrested? (rhetorical question) Then at Sundance 2020, she won the Directing Jury Award, praising her for her script (again?). Why the heck Sundance kept rewarding that project?

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