Looking forward to seeing all their old posts attackibg Toddlers & Tiaras
-
-
Yeah in terms of what's purely shown onscreen this movie's content is exactly the same level of bad as Toddlers and Tiaras or Dance Moms, and people trying to make it out to be so much worse are kind of telling on themselves
2 replies 8 retweets 79 likes -
Replying to @arthur_affect @Hyza87 and
Whataboutism. The kids in Dance Moms are learning a trade/skill and many go on to have real careers as dancers. These kids are supposed to have choreographed a highly synchronised dance number on their own. Which is bullshit. And about 6 on the COPINE scale.
3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Zhu_Zhanji @arthur_affect and
It’s never suggested they’ve choreographed their own dance routine. They copy a music video move for move. The camera work is used to show the audience just how horrifying it looks when young girls feel compelled to emulate the suggestive material they’re constantly exposed to.
1 reply 0 retweets 8 likes -
Replying to @THEamberadams @arthur_affect and
I don't believe it's very likely that a group of 11 year olds would achieve that level of coordination without supervision. It takes discipline. Its not completely impossible but its highly unlikely. The point is this is fiction not social realism...
2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Zhu_Zhanji @THEamberadams and
I don't see what the movie being "unrealistic" has to do with anything one way or another, of course it's unrealistic
2 replies 2 retweets 14 likes -
Replying to @arthur_affect @Zhu_Zhanji and
It's supposed to be a satire, it's an exaggeration of modern social trends, that's the whole point Satire is difficult and often fails, and you can argue Cuties did fail, but saying the movie should've been an accurate look at a children's dance crew is a ridiculous criticism
1 reply 2 retweets 18 likes -
Replying to @arthur_affect @Zhu_Zhanji and
It's literally the same thing as the ending of Little Miss Sunshine The point of the ending of that movie is no one would actually literally have a preteen girl strip and pole dance onstage, and the judge is horrified and the audience is disgusted and they try to shut it down
2 replies 4 retweets 17 likes -
Replying to @arthur_affect @Zhu_Zhanji and
Just as in Cuties the idea is Amy is so sheltered she doesn't know the dance moves she's stealing from music videos are considered risqué even for adults, she becomes popular among the Cuties as the edgy "bad girl", and they also horrify the judges and get shut down
1 reply 2 retweets 19 likes -
Replying to @arthur_affect @Zhu_Zhanji and
That's the joke, they innocently looked at the whole point of a dance competition and "took it too far" The idea that a kid who doesn't know anything would see "normal" dancing, provocative "sexy dancing" and actual porn as all being on a continuum, the same basic kind of thing
1 reply 2 retweets 18 likes
And we "know" it's different and in fact get really heated about the difference - a "legitimate" dancer would get really upset and angry about being compared to a stripper or sex worker - but that's because adults are too smart for our own good and filled with hypocrisies
-
-
Replying to @arthur_affect @Zhu_Zhanji and
You can agree or disagree with this message but it seems like a pretty obvious message to me, and a lot of the anger here feels like it's because it does hit close to home Like here you are fervently arguing only a creep could possibly find anything sexual about Dance Moms
1 reply 2 retweets 21 likes -
Replying to @arthur_affect @THEamberadams and
Oh the anyone who thinks it's noncery is a nonce argument. Good luck with that one.
1 reply 0 retweets 1 like - Show replies
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.