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FATIHA YOUSSOUF ABDILLAH (FAR RIGHT) IN MIGNONNES
CUTIES /MIGNONNES (Maimouna Doucouré 2020) - again
There's been a controversy over CUTIES, the French-Senegalese drama about 11-year-olds who get involved in an overly-sexualized performance in a dance competition. This happened once Netflix announced it with a provocative preview. Many who hadn't seen the film rose up to express outrage.
Now Peter Bradshaw of the GUARDIAN has published a (3/5 star)review that analyzes the film from this point of view.
He says, "Maïmouna Doucouré’s film and its accusers are on the same side: attacking pornification and the false promise of liberation by sexualised display."
I think he's right, but I also still think that dramatizing behavior you disapprove of a liittle too appetizingly is obviously inadvisable, though I don't pretend to know the solution. One thing is clear, that people exploit controversies of this kind for their own devious ends, usually without having seen the "objectionable" work in question.
Last edited by Chris Knipp; 09-14-2020 at 01:33 PM.
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