{"id":2664146,"date":"2026-09-18T12:09:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T16:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-netflix-kids-movie-slammed-as-one-of-the-most-satanic-inversions\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T12:13:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T16:13:56","slug":"new-netflix-kids-movie-slammed-as-one-of-the-most-satanic-inversions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-netflix-kids-movie-slammed-as-one-of-the-most-satanic-inversions\/","title":{"rendered":"New Netflix Kids Movie Slammed as &#8216;One of the Most Satanic Inversions&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-netflix-kids-movie-slammed-as-one-of-the-most-satanic-inversions%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2664146&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The content discusses a Netflix animated film titled \u201cSteps,\u201d set to release on November 20. The film features Ali Wong voicing Lilith, portrayed as a misunderstood sister who causes chaos at a fairy tale ball while seeking her happily-ever-after. Critics and viewers have <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >expressed strong negative reactions<\/a>, labeling the story an inversion of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/it-would-be-an-irreparable-disaster-if-joe-biden-were-designated-president-of-the-united-states-archbishop-carlo-maria-vigano-warns-believers-in-latest-interview\/\" title=\"\u201cIt Would Be an Irreparable Disaster if Joe Biden \u2013 Were Designated President of the United States\u201d \u2013 Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano Warns Believers in Latest Interview with Steve Bannon\">traditional values<\/a> and calling it \u201csatanic\u201d in its portrayal of villains and heroes. The narrative challenges classical morality by depicting characters like the wicked stepsisters as misunderstood or victims,promoting a moral relativism where good and evil are blurred. The article argues that such stories reflect a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-shapiros-guide-to-huckleberry-finn\/\" title=\"Ben Shapiro\u2019s Guide To Huckleberry Finn\">larger cultural shift<\/a> within Hollywood to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-are-more-than-flesh-and-blood\/\" title=\"We Are More Than Flesh And Blood\">redefine morality<\/a>, often recasting villains and cruelty as misunderstood or justified. It warns that this trend erodes traditional moral lessons meant to teach children about virtue and consequences, suggesting that current media aimed at children is more about conveying a moral \u201csermon\u201d that questions clear-cut morality. The piece criticizes the intentional rewriting of classic stories to invert moral narratives under the guise of progressivism or \u201cwokeness,\u201d with references to ongoing edits to culturally important works like Narnia. The overall message condemns these changes as a move towards moral confusion, warning parents to be aware of the ideological messages being presented to children through modern media.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Netflix posted a trailer for \u201cSteps,\u201d an animated film due Nov. 20, and asked, \u201cThink Cinderella\u2019s stepsisters were the villains? Think again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ali Wong voices Lilith, the \u201cmisunderstood\u201d sister who steals the Fairy Godmother\u2019s wand, wrecks the ball, and still gets billed as the one who deserves a happily ever after.<\/p>\n<p>Joel Berry called the pitch one of the most satanic inversions in recent kids\u2019 fare.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Truly one of the most satanic inversions I\u2019ve ever seen<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joel Berry (@JoelWBerry) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JoelWBerry\/status\/2100709030855348565?\">September 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Others on X said the same thing in fewer syllables: Invert reality. Good is evil. Evil is good.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is peak woke. Show evil as just \u201cmisunderstood,\u201d invert classic non-woke stories, and present the rebel girl-boss as the cool option. It feels like a parody, but unfortunately, here we are. \ud83e\udd26\u200d\u2642\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 is it woke? (@isitwokeornot) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/isitwokeornot\/status\/2100818840737161447?\">September 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This is not a new trick. It is the only trick left.<\/p>\n<p>Hollywood has spent a decade rehabilitating every monster except the ones in the mirror. The witch is empowered. The wolf had a hard childhood. The stepsisters were just misunderstood girls in a toxic home.<\/p>\n<p>Cruelty is recast as insecurity. Envy is recast as justice. The girl who scrubbed the floors becomes the problem the camera has to solve.<\/p>\n<p>Moral relativism always starts as a joke. Then it\u2019s a lesson. Then it\u2019s the only lesson.<\/p>\n<p>The serpent\u2019s first move in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Genesis%203%3A1-2&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Genesis 3<\/a> was not a pitchfork. It was a question. \u201cDid God actually say?\u201d Blur the line. Then erase it.<\/p>\n<p>A children\u2019s fairy tale exists to draw that line in crayon. Cinderella is kind. The stepsisters are cruel.<\/p>\n<p>The slipper fits the girl who suffered, not the girls who piled it on. Children do not need a seminar on \u201cnarratives.\u201d They need to know that meanness has a cost and that virtue is not a costume.<\/p>\n<p>Flip that and you have not updated a classic. You have catechized kids into the idea that cruelty is a branding problem.<\/p>\n<p>The timing is not random. The Western Journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/director-confirms-ways-netflix-butchering-beloved-christian-classic-chronicles-narnia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that Netflix is already sanding the Christian bones out of Narnia \u2014 keeping the wardrobe, emptying the Lion.<\/p>\n<p>Same company. Same appetite. Keep the brand. Empty the meaning.<\/p>\n<p>Parents who still think a kids\u2019 movie is just songs and sidekicks are the market. The product is the sermon: There are no villains, only narratives.<\/p>\n<p>Some people will still fall for it because the animation is pretty and Ali Wong is funny.<\/p>\n<p>The playbook is tired. They run it because it works on the tired.<\/p>\n<p>If the stepsisters were the heroes, the story was never about virtue. It was about who holds the camera.<\/p>\n<p>Did God actually say the cruel girls lose?<\/p>\n<p>Netflix\u2019s answer is on the poster. 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