I can also understand Geth's reaction to the whole thing. The whole thing slides a little too close to material that may render any artistic merit null and void, even if it contains a proper "this is wrong" commentary on the youth pageantry culture. And a Tropes wiki is likely the wrong place to have any sort of academic discussion of it.
And remember that the children involved in the making of this don't have sufficient agency; there's enough former child actors with tales of being manipulated and abused by their parents in the process of exploiting their labor that I have some issues with their use in the project anyway.
Has Geth overreacted by resigning from Miraheze? Possibly. But there is a possibility that the courts may look at the movie and determine that it crosses a line that shouldn't have been crossed. The subject matter is by definition problematic in our country. Artists are definitely capable of doing things without considering whether or not they should have been done. And if it skirted too close to the line, it could always spur a "guilty by association" reaction to academic discussions (including potential legal liability of promoting problematic material) from a lot of people that Geth wanted to avoid staining Miraheze and resigned so that overriding his decision to not allow the movie to be talked about wouldn't result in him being put in an untenable legal position.
And remember that the children involved in the making of this don't have sufficient agency; there's enough former child actors with tales of being manipulated and abused by their parents in the process of exploiting their labor that I have some issues with their use in the project anyway.
Has Geth overreacted by resigning from Miraheze? Possibly. But there is a possibility that the courts may look at the movie and determine that it crosses a line that shouldn't have been crossed. The subject matter is by definition problematic in our country. Artists are definitely capable of doing things without considering whether or not they should have been done. And if it skirted too close to the line, it could always spur a "guilty by association" reaction to academic discussions (including potential legal liability of promoting problematic material) from a lot of people that Geth wanted to avoid staining Miraheze and resigned so that overriding his decision to not allow the movie to be talked about wouldn't result in him being put in an untenable legal position.
"You know how parents tell you everything's going to fine, but you know they're lying to make you feel better? Everything's going to be fine." - The Doctor