Netflix Under Fire After New Show Depicts Sickening Underage Orgy Scene
This is not the first time online streaming service Netflix has come under fire. But this time may be a new low.
A new show, titled “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina,” is a reboot of the popular comic book and television series “Sabrina the Teenage Witch.”
Geared for teen girls, the reboot isn’t even close to the family-friendly comics and TV show it is based upon. Outrage ensued when “viewers were bombarded with a steamy orgy scene featuring underage characters,” reported Fox News.
Fox News described the scene as follows: “The orgy scene – set to Fiona Apple’s ‘Criminal’ – appears in the seventh episode of the series and features half-a-dozen scantily clad teens in Sabrina’s house. When the 16-year-old namesake character is hesitant to join in, she’s mocked for ‘killing the mood’ and told to either ‘get in, or get out.'”
On social media, the common complaints were that viewers were “uncomfortable” with the scene and felt it was inappropriate.
I am dumbstruck. An underaged orgy? Just how low can our mass entertainment sink?https://t.co/cQINpReBFp #FoxNews
— Andrew Wilk (@Andrew_M_Wilk) November 2, 2018
that tiny lil orgy scene in Sabrina just made me so uncomfortable.
— spooky flora silvermist (@dakotaaburr) October 30, 2018
But some saw a trend within Hollywood overall — “kiddie porn” and the normalization of generally inappropriate sexualized content.
First it was the movie #Desire with child porn in the opening scene. And now they have more child porn in way of ‘Adventures of Sabrina’ underage orgy scene. @FBI when are you going to arrest someone @Netflix for kiddie porn? https://t.co/PmAYyhs5a3 #FoxNews
— Scott (@Imjust_Scott) November 2, 2018
the sexualization of teens is so bad and completely normalized like does no one else feel gross about how many teen shows and characters have sex scenes?? Often kind of explicit?? Like Sabrina is supposed to be newly 16 and yet she’s offered into an orgy and is “disrobed” alot
— ev (@lesbianaImighty) October 30, 2018
Even the cast of the original TV show watched this reboot and commented on how it was not appropriate for their own children. It was not their “Sabrina,” it was “dark,” and there were things in there, such as nudity, they were not allowed to do on their own show.
Their reactions and commentary also added that the show is “scary.” One cast member even noted that the new “Sabrina” was “political” and “empowered.”
the 90s cast of Sabrina the Teenage Witch reacting to the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. this makes my heart happy right here! pic.twitter.com/tcTQ3fZr9v
— ☽ | (@RXMANSPHOENIX) November 1, 2018
And perhaps that is part of the problem. There is an idea, particularly on the left, that the sexualization of females equals empowerment.
While speaking with Fox News, Family Research Council’s senior fellow Peter Sprigg hit on more than one reason, including the occult, why the reboot was not appropriate for its target audience. Or anyone.
“Taking once-wholesome comic book characters and turning them into sinister and hyper-sexualized TV characters is a troubling trend in itself.” He added, “The show has gone over the top in depicting an actual orgy on screen, and if they think having the teen participants keep their underwear on makes it all right, the writers and producers need to think again.”
“This content is not appropriate for anyone, but especially not for the teen audience it targets.” Other shows, such as “Riverdale,” have also been blasted for their sexual content with young audiences, characters and performers.
I never got around to watching the UK version. I remember the controversy with the US version wasn’t so much the sexual content (teen characters on Riverdale have sex scenes constantly) but rather because most of the actors were underage which skeeved people out.
— Andrew (@luke_biwalker) May 31, 2018
just a thought ive had not aure if you agree. Do you notice how a lot of tv shows aimed at youth/highschool kods show alot of sexual content? Ie: riverdale, pretty little liars, scream, 13 reasons why, etc
— ramneet x grewal (@ramgreywall) January 10, 2018
Both the orgy scene in “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” and the sexualized content trend as a whole are woefully out-of-touch and tasteless.
When shows are too inappropriate for the audiences they target, Hollywood really needs to clean up its act. Our children deserve better.
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