While Dodgson’s close friendships with Alice and the other children may seem strange by today’s standards, this was not the case in the Victorian era. He even entertained the grandchildren of Queen Victoria. In every case, the parents approved of the association. It was also with their permission, and in some cases at their request, that Dodgson began photographing the children. The camera was new technology at the time, but Dodgson was quick to take up photography as a hobby. He took over 3,000 photographs in his lifetime and over half were of children with thirty of those being nude or semi-nude. While today such photos would be considered child pornography, they were considered art by Victorian standards. Children were not looked on as sexual beings, but rather like pictures of innocence and it was not uncommon for nude children to be depicted on postcards and birthday cards.
Unfortunately for those who found the Alice books enjoyable, "Lewis Carroll" was probably something of a pedo:
https://curioushistorian.com/was-lewis-carroll-a-pedophile
Or is this a whitewash of history? Bc naked children aren't art to me and never will be. Victorian sensibilities? Or rampant pedophilia?
I always hated Lewis Carroll and now I know why.
For that matter, Alice in Wonderland. Pedo Pan. Wizard of Oz, all never sat right with me as a kid.
My advice would be to avoid the Dr. Suess-penned movie "The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T", then; it's all red flags and dog whistles to me now.