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"It's a little surprising in 2020 America that we're having a discussion about censoring storytelling," Sarandos said Monday, according to Deadline.
"It's a film that is very misunderstood with some audiences, uniquely within the United States," he continued. "The film speaks for itself. It's a very personal coming of age film, it's the director's story and the film has obviously played very well at Sundance without any of this controversy and played in theaters throughout Europe without any of this controversy."
His comments come after news that a Texas grand jury has indicted Netflix, Inc. for "lewd visual material" in the film that "appeals to the prurient interest in sex, and has no serious, literary, artistic, political, or scientific value."
A Netflix spokeswoman told the DCNF Oct. 6 that "Cuties is a social commentary against the sexualization of young children. This charge is without merit and we stand by the film."
"Cuties" not only includes many close up shots of little girl's crotches and buttocks, but also depicts them viewing pornography and discussing sexual acts and shows one girl photographing her genitalia, among other explicit scenes, a review by the DCNF found.
I wonder if people ever become so mentally sick and deranged to accept child rapists as "normal".