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'The Babysitters'

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You didn't really need the Miley Cyrus photo "scandal" to be aware of the tart-ification of American girlhood. In pop culture, at least, it's endemic. As is exploitation. So we can blame writer-director David Ross for what? Being ahead of the curve? There are plenty in "The Babysitters" in which child-minding morphs into dad-tending: After the lanky, unsure Shirley (Katherine Waterston) has a romantic...

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