“Netflix has defended the controversial film Cuties after it emerged the streaming giant is facing a criminal charge in Texas over the movie’s allegedly ‘lewd’ depiction of children. Cuties follows an 11-year-old Senegalese girl living in Paris who rebels against her conservative family’s traditions when she becomes fascinated with a ‘free-spirited dance crew’. A grand jury in Tyler County, Texas, has indicted the company on the charge of ‘promotion of lewd visual material depicting a child'”.
“The indictment claims Cuties appeals to the ‘prurient interest in sex’ and the material holds ‘no serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value’. A Netflix representative told PA: ‘Cuties is a social commentary against the sexualisation of young children. This charge is without merit and we stand by the film'” – The Guardian.