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Although it receivedrelativelypositivereviewsatSundanceearlier this year remember when we could go tomovie theaters, much lesswhole film festivals?
To back up, in August of 2020, Netflix started promoting the film.
Netflix WTF IS THIS, reads a viral tweet from a thread calling out the platform for sexualizing minors.
The Twitter user also posted apetitionto haveCutiesremoved from Netflix.
Netflix WTF IS THISpic.twitter.com/v4FjZkH7K5
In the first week, over 40,000 people signed the petition.
Now, that number is closer to 400,000.
There is no excuse, this is dangerous content!
Or even watched the trailer.
Writer and director Danielle Dash pointed all this out in her own viral thread in response to theCutiesuproar.
A still fromthatscene was the films original release poster.
The image for the film now shows just Amy looking over her shoulder in a pink top.
(Its cropped from the still at the top of this post.)
We’re deeply sorry for the inappropriate artwork that we used for Mignonnes/Cuties.
It was not OK, nor was it representative of this French film which won an award at Sundance.
Weve now updated the pictures and description.
This movie is about children twerking.
I really dont need to say anymore.
It is unacceptable that they even thought this was a good idea.
The active sexualization of children is all this movie is.
Netflix should be ashamed of themselves, reads one early review.
And whoever claims that this is artwork should be jailed, reads another.
A number of vocal conservatives, including alt-right trollJack Posobiec, have also weighed in on Twitter.
The FILM is pedophilia soft-porn.
I also received numerous death threats.
Netflixs co-CEO, Ted Sarandos, called her personally to apologize.
(Doucoure is currently working on a new, unnamed project for the platform.)
TheCutiesuproar only intensified following its September 3 premiere.
The indictment is dated September 23.
(And,yes, theyre right.
Theformer male modeland son of a Republican congressman is now a conservative DA who administers something calledMan Church.)
