Maybe the "Cuties debacle" refers to the promotional imagery put out by Netflix with regards to the film. See here [0] a side-by-side comparison of the original

Maybe the "Cuties debacle" refers to the promotional imagery put out by Netflix with regards to the film. See here [0] a side-by-side comparison of the original poster for the film and the Netflix poster for the film. People who only saw the Netflix poster could have a very different view of the movie and some might even refuse to watch the film. [0] https://cdn.hobbyconsolas.com/sites/navi.axelspringer.es/public/styles/480/public/media/image/2020/08/posteres-pelicula-cuties-2037169.jpg https://cdn.hobbyconsolas.com/sites/navi.axelspringer.es/pub...