Sylvi Listhaug wants to censor a movie that she has not seen. He should have learned from the experience of the Prime Minister.

“Cuties” is a strong and important movie. Can anyone quench the moral panic?

it’s possible There is no bomb that FRP MP Sylvi Listhaug (Frp) demands that Netflix remove the controversial film “Cuties”.

But perhaps he should have learned a little about criticism of cultural expression from his former prime minister, Prime Minister Erna Solberg (H).

Listhaug thinks the film can “provoke pedophiles.” It refers to very challenging dance scenes with eleven-year-old actors, from movie clips that you have seen on Youtube.

She believes you don’t have to watch the entire movie to express yourself as obliquely as she does, according to an interview on Dagbladet.

Right now it’s happening the trial of Laila Bertheussen in Oslo, where she is accused of having committed vandalism in her own home and of having threatened democracy. The work “Ways Of Seeing” is the axis of this whole sad story.

Solberg never saw the play, but still believed the producers contributed to making it “harder to be a politician.”

The trial shows that Solberg at the time was too quick to distribute blame and responsibility. She has received harsh criticism for appearing so censored, but she has not yet apologized for her statements.

In the United States, the requirement is About Netflix removing “Cuties” has gotten quite loud. The #CancelNetflix campaign has received a lot of support in a short time.

It is understandable that some scenes from “Cuties” can be perceived as speculative when played on YouTube. There they float, out of context and coherent narrative.

Judging the film north and down on a flimsy basis is sinful and unfair.

It’s a shame, because it can isolate the audience from a meaningful movie experience. And that’s unfair, because the clips are only a small part of the director’s commendable project.

“Cuties” are based on director Maimouna Doucoure’s own experiences as an immigrant from Senegal to France.

The main character is Amy, eleven years old, who struggles between her traditional background and her group of friends from school.

At home, Amy and her mother are desperate for Dad to take a second wife. At school, Amy is drawn to a free-spirited hip-hop environment, where girls try to copy dance videos of the highly sexualized type to win a dance competition.

So the movie is about about being between two cultures and the desperate struggle to be accepted in a ruthless girlie environment. And then it comes down to the fact that freedom without dignity is not much to aspire to.

Fathia Youssouf is surprisingly good at the role of Amy, the same can be said for the other young people who perform here.

The movie is a kick in the groin for us bored parents, and a bitter critique of an influential culture that has gone off the rails. The struggle to be seen on social media has gotten really unhealthy.

That’s why the debate about the film also a great paradox. For Sylvi Listhaug and director Maimouna Doucoure they are actually quite in agreement. Both are concerned about the need for protection of children.

Listhaug tells Dagbladet: “I needed to say something about it because I am concerned about the subject, all the pressure that is put on our children. Both in the body and in growth.”

In a debate post in the Washington Post, Director Maimouna Doucoure writes: “I want to open people’s eyes to what is really happening in schools, on social media, and expose them to pictures of girls in makeup and costumes and what They dance like their favorite popcorn.

Every time outstanding Politicians speak obliquely of quality and culture, the insidious fear arises that they will help limit the space of expression in the field of art.

Therefore, the reactions to Listhaug and Solberg’s willingness to censor are healthy and important. It reveals how fundamentally unstable our top elected representatives can sometimes be.

Furthermore, the moral panic on the outer right wing of politics can ironically serve as a good advertisement for challenging and innovative art.

The only The advantage of Sylvi Listhaug’s proposal is that it can have the exact opposite effect of what she wants.

Hopefully more people will see the film and understand that the requirement to censor it is moral protection of the worst kind. And that sort of thing really does feel pretty bad for Frp.