>For real
>
>Dude even went as far as to point out he's not aroused and to
>suggest that everyone who takes issue with sexualized
>depictions of children is "aroused" by little girls. The fact
>he even tried that angle here is highly suspect on his own
>part.


I didn't say that. I didn't even mention sexual arousal, just arousal in general. But even if I did, nowhere in my post did I say that anyone offended by this is only offended because they're defending something repressed about themselves!

If you can point to where I said otherwise please do because I've re-read my post five times and I said three things:

1. I see a movie about girls who like to dance doing modern dance moves.

2. I wondered if this movie depicted young boys doing the same thing if there would be the same reaction.

3. I explained that I wonder that because other countries are not having this visceral reaction to this film, whereas this country's struggles with the depictions of the female body in general predisposes us to sexualizing these dances.


Again, if you read into any of that that I think anyone who dislikes this movie is a sexual deviant, enjoy that ball of yarn you've got. I don't see it and I certainly didn't intend to say anything like that.


Having seen the movie now and not just the trailer, am I comfortable with how some of these scenes were filmed? No, of course not. But given the pedigree of the director and the overall tone of the film, I'm struggling to see how the point of view of the camera in this film isn't a criticism of the point of view of whoever's looking through that lens in the audience, which is a unique power of movies. I still think it's silly to think you should "cancel" a film distribution service for supporting a provocative art film for and about marginalized people who could possibly benefit from seeing this story and these characters on screen.

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