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Discussion in 'Community' started by epic , Sep 15, 2020.

  1. solojones

    solojones Chosen One star 10

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    Luckily I have also never seen Showgirls.
     
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  2. Darth Punk

    Darth Punk JCC Manager star 7 Staff Member Manager

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    It’s like Saved by the Bell - The slutty years
     
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  3. solojones

    solojones Chosen One star 10

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    Timeout!
     
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  4. Darth Punk

    Darth Punk JCC Manager star 7 Staff Member Manager

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  5. Darth Guy

    Darth Guy Chosen One star 10

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  6. DarthIntegral

    DarthIntegral JCC Baseball Draft/SWC Draft Commish star 9 VIP - Former Mod/RSA VIP - Game Host

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    Honestly, only interested in watching because of the group of calling for the Netflix boycott. They are the type that if they are boycotting something, I generally want to support it.

    On the other hand, my streaming backlog is already pretty big.

    I'm not gonna solve this anytime soon.
     
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  7. Boba_Fett_2001

    Boba_Fett_2001 Chosen One star 8

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    It's not required viewing in film school?
     
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  8. Thena

    Thena Chosen One star 7

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    Only if you're majoring in Verhoevenian appreciation
     
  9. solojones

    solojones Chosen One star 10

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    We stand around and burn copies of it actually, along with The Godfather Part 3.
     
  10. Lowbacca_1977

    Lowbacca_1977 Chosen One star 7

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    I feel I can now say this whole thing is much ado about nothing.
     
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  11. Lordban

    Lordban Isildur's Bane star 7

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    I'm afraid that in the end, it might be in that respect a balancing act between not wanting Netflix to win and not wanting the film's creator to lose...
     
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  12. Thena

    Thena Chosen One star 7

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    She's a first time director and I'm sure we need more women of color behind the camera, particularly those with an immigrant experience (her parents are Senegalese and for those who haven't seen the movie, the main protagonist is from a Senegalese Muslim family). I really hope she won't give up directing because of this whole thing.
     
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  13. Lordban

    Lordban Isildur's Bane star 7

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    Just going to add that despite having first been broadcast in French theaters since August 19th, it took until the backlash on Netflix for pushback about Cuties to reach our end of the Pond.
     
  14. Thena

    Thena Chosen One star 7

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  15. Darth Punk

    Darth Punk JCC Manager star 7 Staff Member Manager

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    Liberté, Égalité,
    Beyoncé[​IMG]
     
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  16. Sarge

    Sarge Chosen One star 10

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    I wish I could say that. :(
     
  17. Rogue1-and-a-half

    Rogue1-and-a-half Manager Emeritus who is writing his masterpiece star 9 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    I saw a tweet yesterday alleging that the dialogue is also very explicit, including scenes of the children discussing oral sex and exposing their breasts (discussing it, I mean, not doing it) to their "boyfriends." I'm prepared to take the tweet at face value because it included a clip that supposedly backed up the claims. I did not watch it, but I still kind of take it as being somewhat corroborating.

    It would be of interest to contrast this with the treatment of boys in film. I feel like there's a proud tradition of male children spouting sexually explicit dialogue in films and it's generally seen as "hilarious" in those cases. I'm not really making a strong point, just wondering aloud.
     
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  18. Thena

    Thena Chosen One star 7

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    A lot of French movies are a lot more explicit than American ones, imho, and not necessarily just in terms of what is shown graphically. As to your second point, I'd wager there's a lot more crude stuff being said or alluded to in last year's Good Boys than there is in Mignonnes.
     
  19. Lowbacca_1977

    Lowbacca_1977 Chosen One star 7

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    I'd say it's less them discussing oral sex and more them indicating they've got no idea how sex works in the first place. And the 'exposing their breasts' talk is them trying to act like they're older online and failing at it.