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This image released by Netflix shows the cast of the coming-of-age film \u201cCuties,\u201d streaming Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. (Netflix via AP) ** FILE **<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n
By Valerie Richardson – The Washington Times<\/p>\n
The growing uproar over \u201cCuties\u201d threatens to engulf the Obamas as they come under pressure to use their influence at\u00a0Netflix<\/a>\u00a0to pull the provocative French film accused of glorifying the sexualization of girls.<\/p>\n Critics on the right have called on\u00a0Netflix<\/a>\u00a0producers Barack and Michelle Obama to condemn \u201cCuties,\u201d a French film released on the streaming service Sept. 9 that already has prompted calls by Republicans for a Justice Department investigation into possible child-pornography violations.<\/p>\n The Federalist didn\u2019t mince words in a Monday article by Fox News contributor Rachel Campos-Duffy headlined, \u201cMichelle Obama is Complicit in\u00a0Netflix<\/a> Child Porn Film \u2018Cuties.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAt a time the left has declared that \u2018silence is violence,\u2019 Michelle Obama\u2019s silence on\u00a0Netflix<\/a>\u2019s controversial movie \u2018Cuties\u2019 has not gone unnoticed,\u201d read the op-ed, co-written with Evita Duffy. \u201cIt is also undermining her brand as \u2018America\u2019s mom\u2019 and chief defender of female empowerment across the globe.\u201d<\/p>\n The Obamas certainly have the connections: Last year they signed a reported $50 million production deal with\u00a0Netflix<\/a>. What\u2019s more, the streaming media company\u2019s board includes former Obama National Security Advisor\u00a0Susan E. Rice<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Netflix<\/a>\u00a0co-CEO Ted Sarandos, a 2012 Obama campaign bundler whose wife, Nicole Avant, served in the Obama administration as ambassador to the Bahamas.<\/p>\n The Washington Times reached out to the Obamas for comment but did not receive a reply.<\/p>\n Radio talk-show host Larry O\u2019Connor said the Obamas \u201care enriched by the company that has presented this trash to the world,\u201d but they \u201crefuse to say anything \u2026 anything at all about this horrible issue.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThey are the tip of the spear in demanding that every day Americans disrupt their own lives and their family harmony on the most divisive and controversial political topics,\u201d Mr. O\u2019Connor said Friday in an op-ed on Townhall.com. \u201cYet, on this fundamental, non-controversial and unifying idea that children should be protected and sexual exploitation of minors should be universally condemned, they can\u2019t say a word.\u201d<\/p>\n