I like movies but rarely watch TV.  In fact I am pretty sure I am one of a very small group of people in America who’s never watched an episode of Breaking Bad, Pretty Little Liars, Scandals or Game of Thrones.  But I do try to keep up with the latest entertainment brouhaha.  The latest tempest was caused by Cuties, a French movie shown on Netflix, that is, according to the director, intended to show how children are sexualized by modern culture.

To be clear, I object to the children-as-miniature-adults theme that permeates much of entertainment today.  Kindergarteners in sequins, lipstick and spandex is not good for our children or our society.  Casting children even realistically and artistically in roles with overtones of sexuality encourages and normalizes the lascivious impulses of sexual predators.  So I find these type of films like child beauty pageants morally objectionable and harmful.  Although not as serious, the precocious dialogue and adult mannerisms given to  many child stars in popular series and movies (by adults who profit handsomely from doing so) also contribute to the morale decay of our families and communities.

That said, I cannot help but note the situational nature of the outrage of those who are most vocal in their criticism of this movie. These hypocrites/so-called Christians get me every time. Most of them are marching lockstep behind a President who publicly and famously sexualizes his own daughter, who has been accused of sexually aggressive behavior by 31 women, who is being sued for defamation by a woman who says he raped her and who wishes a raper of children well.   And there is not so much as a raised eyebrow among the stinking lot of them.      
Morals this flexible are no morals at all.