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(09-11-2020, 11:04 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: I remember a similar stink over the move "Kids", which came out in the mid to late nineties.  It basically followed varying groups of teenagers meandering around NYC with zero parental supervision having sex, getting STD's, doing drugs and drinking.  I kind of got the uproar but when you watch the movie it certainly wasn't promoting any of that and was basically shining a light on these kids who live their lives with no supervision.  So the message of the movie was not a positive one and certainly didn't promote the behavior.

Now, having said all that, this movie is a bit different IMO.  I get the filmmakers stated intent, that she was shedding a light on the over sexualization of pre-pubescent girls.  But doing that by making a movie the sexualizes pre-pubescent girls may not be the best way to convey this.  Also, the film's title skeeves me out big time.  So it's a bit of a catch 22 for this filmmaker and I get that, but the way it was marketed, the name of the film, the use of actual pre-pubescent girls in the film, all of this basically creates what you are purporting to condemn.  When trying to make a film about such an insanely touchy subject you really have to be careful about every aspect of the film, from conception to marketing and, in many ways, a very poor job of this was done in several areas.

I was a teenager myself when I saw that movie.  It's hard to imagine it being more than 20 years old.  You don't see or hear about it much anymore.  None of it seemed like a big deal when I was watching it back then, but later on (like 5 years ago or so) when I saw it somewhere, it definitely registered as a bit more controversial.  

An aside, there was a song on that movie's soundtrack by a band called Folk Implosion called "Natural One".  It was all over the radio in the mid 90's.  Like everywhere.  Now it seems to have evaporated into thin air on streaming sites.  Really strange.