Why ‘Cuties’ does nothing to alter the Lolita infatuation
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There has been much controversy over the film Cuties (or Mignonnes), directed by Maïmouna Doucouré. The film centres on an 11-year-old French-Senegalese girl (Amy) from a strict Muslim household. Amy rebels when she joins a girls’ dance group that involves a highly seductive and sexualised dance routine, including twerking. The trouble begins and ends there.
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