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Originally Posted by Oliver_W
Some posts I've seen on twitter are calling the backlash to this movie "right wing", which I really don't get? Surely if any issue is universal, it should be the sexualisation of children, how on earth would anything think people taking an issue with the movie are automatically on the right?
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Originally Posted by Cherie
Great way to shut down any dissent
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Indeed... thinking that exploitation in the name of art is OK is "edgy" - if you're not "edgy enough to get it" then you are not getting with the programme and - because one of the fundamental principles of tribalism is a lack of nuance and black-and-white thinking - you must therefore be "right wing".
I've seen a lot of people say that it's a great social commentary and a great film just with "a few shocking moments". These are
real child actors and if you can't make your film without those shocking moments being explicit rather than implied, then it simply doesn't matter how important the message is. No message is important enough to exploit pre-adolescent actors who have no way of giving genuine consent, and no parent has the right to consent to this on behalf of their child. It's a step too far.