Netflix indicted on child pornography for "Cuties"

[Gondwanaland]

You employed the word compatriot incorrectly.

No, I did not. You simply are unable to grasp the meaning.

I am perfectly willing to engage in a rational and dispassionate exchange with an interlocutor who can respond is a similar manner. You appear unable to do that.

More pot calling the kettle black.

[Hypatia_Alexandria]

No, I did not.

Given the definition your provided on an earlier thread and which I quoted, yes you did.

Vibise and I are not friends, we are not work colleagues, and we do not share the same nationality.

You simply are unable to grasp the meaning.

You appear to want to adopt Humpty Dumpty's approach to the meaning of words.

[Electric Skeptic]

Actually it is the Grand Jury that declared something.

The Grand Jury declared what? Nothing that you're claiming.

Perhaps you liked the movie? It's ok, you can admit it.

I did like the movie (as did a great many others who don't have Americans' neuroses about sex). I thought it was a well-constructed story that made a number of good points.

[Maranatha]

The Grand Jury declared what? Nothing that you're claiming.


I did like the movie (as did a great many others who don't have Americans' neuroses about sex). I thought it was a well-constructed story that made a number of good points.

I knew you liked it. What did you like the most?

[Esther]

The scene that Gondwanaland describes as "humping the floor" is the culmination of several earlier events. It opens with Amy coming home to face her furious mother and aunt who chastise her by stripping her to her undergarments and flicking water at her while they mutter [what I assume are prayers to drive out the devil]. A later scene has her visited by a male elder who assures her mother that Amy is not possessed.

What we see in Gondwanaland's rather crude comment is Amy effectively breaking down. She has recently started to menstruate and is now regarded by her aunt as a "woman" but she is still a girl. She and her friends have worked out a dance routine for a local competition. Their routine is overtly sexual because that is what these young girls assume is expected by society of young women.

Hence in that scene what she starts to do is perform some of the routine while her mother and aunt stand by in some consternation, thus leading to the male elder visiting her in a later scene.

Apart from the sexual nature, a stupid film then.

[Mountain Man]

...who don't have Americans' neuroses about sex...

You think those who oppose the sexual exploitation of young girls are neurotic? Interesting.

[Hypatia_Alexandria]

Apart from the sexual nature, a stupid film then.

A remark like that about a film that deals with the subjects found in Cuties/Mignonnes strikes me as remarkably shallow.

[Electric Skeptic]

I knew you liked it. What did you like the most?

Ahem..."a well-constructed story that made a number of good points".

[Electric Skeptic]

Apart from the sexual nature, a stupid film then.

Have you seen it?

[Esther]

A remark like that about a film that deals with the subjects found in Cuties/Mignonnes strikes me as remarkably shallow.

Again apart from the sexualisation of young girls, if I read the write up you have provided about the film on the back of a DVD cover for example I would have no interest in the story.

[Maranatha]

Ahem..."a well-constructed story that made a number of good points".

I thought it was a documentary on how little girls go from barbies to floor humping.

Is there something you are not telling me?

[rogue06]

I did like the movie (as did a great many others who don't have Americans' neuroses about sex). I thought it was a well-constructed story that made a number of good points.

So in your world being concerned about preteens and barely teens being sexually exploited constitutes having a neurosis



Sooo, which one of these groups do you belong to? Sheesh!

[Hypatia_Alexandria]

Again apart from the sexualisation of young girls, if I read the write up you have provided about the film on the back of a DVD cover for example I would have no interest in the story.

It appears you are not a fan of cerebral films or films with a little more depth to them.

There are films from numerous countries that deal with the issues of growing up/coming of age within specific cultures.

[Hypatia_Alexandria]

So in your world being concerned about preteens and barely teens being sexually exploited constitutes having a neurosis



Sooo, which one of these groups do you belong to? Sheesh!

Have you seen this film?

I would also add that if you and others here are so concerned about young girls being exploited perhaps all of you should report back to your various churches and start campaigns to get those US toddler Beauty Pageants banned. Or start campaigns in in your respective states for your representatives to Congress [House and Senate] to ban child marriage across the entire country.

After all many Christian groups are heavily involved with campaigns to outlaw abortion.

[Hypatia_Alexandria]

I thought it was a documentary

It is not a documentary. Did you think that it was?