It Is Not a Filmmaker’s Business to Make You Comfortable, Part Two

Part One of this two-part series caused a stir. I intend for this second go-round to be more of the same … in the name of artistic freedom.

I knew I was taking a chance when I posted my favorable “Cuties” review two weeks ago. The response online ranged from sheer horror to defiant agreement. There was barely a middle ground, and the argument became very similar to that between our current political parties.

As in, if a viewer saw the film as anything other than an enticement to pedophilia, they were a liberal. If, like myself, one appreciated the film as a daring artistic work with a message against the sexualization of teens, we were complicit in any crimes resulting from it. On the other hand, for anyone who accused the film of being soft-core pornography, those on the left accused them of being QAnon supporters or far-right sycophants.

To think we were only discussing a movie, not a movement.

That review, incidentally, is linked within Part One of this article, which was focused on films featuring young teens that incited similar controversies: