Let’s leave assumptions about “my” moral code out of this, since I think most people will agree that sexualizing a child is wrong. I’m glad that there are people pointing out the things in our society that sexualize children. The point of my post was, that is what should happen, if that’s what people are claiming was the goal, but won’t, in the majority of press that the movie is getting.
I agree we are past the point of return. Movies like this will continue to be made (it’s not the first) and people will continue to exploit children privately and publicly no matter how much we talk about it. My point about normalization is, a movie like this would not have received the praise or defense it has, without movies and other media pushing the boundaries over time to condition the public to see it as normal or at least, an acceptable way to “protest” or expose some thing. Exploiting children to expose exploited children? and the conversation that follows is not how we can stop more children from being exploited, but whether or not it was truly exploitation in the first place? With more people leaning towards “No, it wasn’t”. And then some people argue that the exploitation was worth it, like there aren’t better ways to go about it? It’s just a weird thing to witness. But you are right, it serves a purpose.
I’m no SJW by any means. I don’t get rattled at the things mass media does cause i know everything they do serves a purpose one way or another, and I’m just here for the ride. It just baffled me how anyone could justify this movie, but that’s just where we are. In a nutshell, it’s like people are being duped into believing this movie was the directors way of “making a change” while participating in the same it claims to expose.