Texas Lawmaker Demands Investigation of 'Child Porn' Netflix Film 'Cuties'

Paul Smeaton : Sep 14, 2020
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"The real story here is not about girls spontaneously organizing a twerking troupe in order to stick to 'the man'; no, that is a made-up story. What is happening in the real world is 'the man' corralling girls into a twerking troupe to tickle the jaded appetites of Netflix subscribers." -Dr. Joseph Shaw, an Oxford University philosophy teacher

[LifeSiteNews.com] Texas legislator Matt Schaefer has called for an investigation into a new Netflix film accused by conservative commentators of promoting "child porn." (Image: Netflix' 'Cuties' scene /via LifeSiteNews)

Shaefer announced on social media that he is asking the state's Attorney General's Office to "investigate the Netflix film 'Cuties' for possible violations of child exploitation and child pornography laws." Conservative commentators and social media–users are calling for Netflix to be "canceled" after the film about girls as young as 11 performing sexualized dance acts went live on the platform.

Robby Starbuck, a director and producer, said, "The whole team behind Cuties needs to be investigated."

Starbuck highlighted a January interview with Cuties director Maïmouna Doucouré in which she says that "more than 700 young girls" had auditioned for the film, "none of whom had ever done theatre before coming on set."

"As a director I call [sic] tell you it's not normal to audition 700 little girls with no acting experience," Starbuck posted to Twitter. "What were they told to do during auditions? They preyed on inexperienced people starstruck by Hollywood"... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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