There’s nothing salacious or cute about Netflix’s divisive ‘Cuties’ – it’s better than that
Know what you’re talking about before you jump on your phone and criticise a tenderly realised film
24 September 2020 - 19:14
About a month ago a small, independent, French-made, Sundance award-winning film was thrown into a cultural wars vortex. It was intended as a critique and discussion starter about the sexualisation of children in the digital age, but for many uninformed, outraged social media conservative dolts who hadn’t seen it, it became an example of the very thing it was supposed to be criticising. ..
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