Wtf is this pedo shyt on Netflix

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Lmao rep bruh!! Whats the original video?


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American normalization. :mjlol:

This shyt has been going on for years, TLC loves broadcasting pedophile nonsense like Dance Moms and trash like that.
Man those dance shows make me feel so uncomfortable, especially the one with the dancing dolls in MS, and my wife stay watching those shows. I just go upstairs and get on the Xbox
 

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I haven't seen the film but it seems like the marketing paints it completely wrong. Makes sense because I couldn't wrap my head around Netflix actually allowing a pro-pedo film their service definitely in this day and age
 
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'How many girls twerked for adult men to get this role?':skip:

I'd assume the actresses were cast for their acting skills since this is a drama film, not a music video but you know, just my assumption. Are we also supposed to assume the girls had to be able to twerk to get this role, or assume that the filmmaker didn't have conversations with these young actresses about the film and what the content and subject of the film was? Are we just blindly making assumptions that feed into our outrage rather than take a simple breathe and reassess what we actually know?

I really believe there's an important discussion to be held here but this blind judgmental outrage is killing any chance of having it.
It's easier to cancel and forget than to talk about it. Little kids today are exposed to a lot more adult things than I was back in the day. Even with all this adult material they aren't being guiding by an adult about what is what
 

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So finally went and saw the movie. There's been a lot of discussion surrounding it here in France but I haven't really read it since I wanted to go see it without too much info. Obviously the main subject is well-known, but Netflix's marketing really did the movie a huge disservice. The real subject is about the young Amy who's coming of age and sees the "cool girls" and wants to be part of the band. Just so happens that these girls are into dancing and see what "works" (= gets the most likes. They're also following another -older- girl group who are from the same neighbourhood. Basically, they want to beat the older girls at their own game). Add to that the fact of growing up in a traditional senegalese family where she's and her mom are basically living in different worlds. Some scenes are clearly uneasy, some VERY, but I guess that's the point of the movie. But there's a lot more to the movie than this, including the fact that the girls get reality checks after reality checks that they're just girls acting like something they're not. What I also found interesting is that the movie doesn't really adress the "male gaze", it's like these girls are operating in their own world and every now and then are reminded of just how old they really are, and the impact of what they do. In some twisted way, they're not trying to seduce anyone (the few attempts they do have at "seducing" boys shows how awkward and out of their league they are) but are more about replicating what they see.

Other than that, as a movie it works really well. Some poetic images, laughter, the weight of social media, navigating between "modern" France and traditional Senegal, drama within the family, and a very strong ending. But clearly a divisive movie, that maybe could've been more subtle at certain moments, but I feel that "the rest" of the movie is really strong enough and that overall it raises enough questions that it's worth a watch. And if you brehs have it on Netflix you can actually skip the dancing parts if you want :yeshrug:I'm still processing the whole thing and not fully sure how I feel about the movie, but I feel that it's at least worth a watch.
 

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So finally went and saw the movie. There's been a lot of discussion surrounding it here in France but I haven't really read it since I wanted to go see it without too much info. Obviously the main subject is well-known, but Netflix's marketing really did the movie a huge disservice. The real subject is about the young Amy who's coming of age and sees the "cool girls" and wants to be part of the band. Just so happens that these girls are into dancing and see what "works" (= gets the most likes. They're also following another -older- girl group who are from the same neighbourhood. Basically, they want to beat the older girls at their own game). Add to that the fact of growing up in a traditional senegalese family where she's and her mom are basically living in different worlds. Some scenes are clearly uneasy, some VERY, but I guess that's the point of the movie. But there's a lot more to the movie than this, including the fact that the girls get reality checks after reality checks that they're just girls acting like something they're not. What I also found interesting is that the movie doesn't really adress the "male gaze", it's like these girls are operating in their own world and every now and then are reminded of just how old they really are, and the impact of what they do. In some twisted way, they're not trying to seduce anyone (the few attempts they do have at "seducing" boys shows how awkward and out of their league they are) but are more about replicating what they see.

Other than that, as a movie it works really well. Some poetic images, laughter, the weight of social media, navigating between "modern" France and traditional Senegal, drama within the family, and a very strong ending. But clearly a divisive movie, that maybe could've been more subtle at certain moments, but I feel that "the rest" of the movie is really strong enough and that overall it raises enough questions that it's worth a watch. And if you brehs have it on Netflix you can actually skip the dancing parts if you want :yeshrug:I'm still processing the whole thing and not fully sure how I feel about the movie, but I feel that it's at least worth a watch.
Really, hmm, maybe I'll skip through it. Movie sounds boring though
 

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Nobody wants to talk about the stuff that little kids see on IG and tiktok though
They just make movies like this instead of coming out and decrying what's going on in real life
this movie is just a very bad commentary on that. If it didn't have all the twerking and obvious children doing adult things I'd give this movie a 5/5 but the male gaze makes me question a lot of decisions
I hear the movie was made by a black woman too. :francis:
 

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Nobody wants to talk about the stuff that little kids see on IG and tiktok though
They just make movies like this instead of coming out and decrying what's going on in real life
this movie is just a very bad commentary on that. If it didn't have all the twerking and obvious children doing adult things I'd give this movie a 5/5 but the male gaze makes me question a lot of decisions
I hear the movie was made by a black woman too. :francis:

my daughter 13 and her and her friends love that tiktok shyt :beli:
 

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Watched with my wife and I get the idea of the movie and it’s commentary, but I think that point could have been made without closeups of 12 year old crotches :sitdown:

It’s kinda like a movie that goes overboard on violence or racist imagery to bring home a point. There’s a thin line that can be crossed and I think it was here.

I disagree with all the “pedo” bait stuff. As if this movie was made to appeal to pedos on purpose. But I do think it could have made the same point without the sexual imagery
 
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