I thoroughly agree with you. But these are people whose contact with indie films or art house pictures is perhaps going to see the milder of what Harvey Weinstein pushed for Oscars in any given year. They can't handle racy material when it's on the same TV sets where they watch with open-mouth glee Tucker Carlson and Hannity.
Mark Jeffries [email protected] <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> Virus-free. www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 9:59 PM Jim Ellwanger <[email protected]> wrote: > Your points would be well-taken if any of this were actually based on the > film itself… as opposed to being based on one promotional image Netflix > released, and the manufactured social-media outrage that followed. I would > be surprised if anyone complaining (or voting the film down on IMDB or > Google) has so much has seen Netflix’s actual poster image for the film > show up on their TV, much less actually watched it. > > > On Oct 9, 2020, at 7:59 PM, Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well, it's 86% on Rotten Tomatoes and 68% on MetaCritic--but only 2.9 out > of 10 on IMDB (run by Netflix's competitor, but I'm sure no relation) and > 6% approval by Google users, most of which have probably never set foot in > their local art house (or traveled 100 miles to one in the closest big > city). > > The thing is that 10 years ago, when Netflix was still in their red > envelope era, these sorts of films (remember, it's French with subtitles) > either had to be viewed at an art house or college film society or a > premium channel late at night where the kids couldn't see it. Now, you can > watch it any time of day--and even though Netflix has a separate portal for > the kids, they know what "TV-MA" means--and unless Mom and Dad have put a > password on their entry... > > To anyone who's been at the arthouse during their life, "Cuties" (which I > haven't seen yet) would not shock them. But for the MAGA types, this is a > whole new world (cue Peabo and Regina). Netflix has so much material that > shows can easily drop out of sight fast, but if they don't want to see > anything salacious, they can always subscribe to Disney+. > > Mark Jeffries > [email protected] > > > > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > Virus-free. > www.avg.com > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > > On Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 2:18 PM M-D November <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I haven't seen the film, but I know the initial ad campaign didn't do it >> any favors. But based on what I've heard (there was a great "On The Media" >> segment about Cuties a couple of weeks back), is the content of this film >> any worse than what's shown on "Dance Moms", or similarly exploitative >> Discovery Communications shows? >> On Thursday, October 8, 2020 at 9:44:54 AM UTC-4 PGage wrote: >> >>> QAnon is banned from Facebook, but not Texas Grand Juries... >>> >>> On Wed, 7 Oct 2020 at 10:17 PM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/oct/6/netflix-indicted-child-porn-charges-over-cuties/ >>>> >>>> >>>> The promotional material was pretty bad. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8yyc9tLXQ-GHCw7jr%2BK4T6u1YZkA7YZ6-a11y0D0OsBsvQ%40mail.gmail.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8yyc9tLXQ-GHCw7jr%2BK4T6u1YZkA7YZ6-a11y0D0OsBsvQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- >>> Sent from Gmail Mobile >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/a8343fa7-b949-45df-b4e0-a78ac6396323n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/a8343fa7-b949-45df-b4e0-a78ac6396323n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJ_uKi9c%3DZQ07rkZdTn4ACBxnFQJg7yq4%2BdpqoDpeC%2B8YfBmXg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJ_uKi9c%3DZQ07rkZdTn4ACBxnFQJg7yq4%2BdpqoDpeC%2B8YfBmXg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/D2A89C82-E940-4D26-B890-4BDEE6D6BD2F%40ellwanger.tv > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/D2A89C82-E940-4D26-B890-4BDEE6D6BD2F%40ellwanger.tv?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. 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