jamboinglasgow Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Reading in a paper about a professor of political sciences who has having a real go at Thomas the tank engine. She was saying how it is sexist as female characters are normally secondary or bossy. Claims the engines are punished if they show initiative or try to change their rank or role. And the massive class system with Thomas and Percy at the bottom rung and the fat controller at the top. She feels that the we need to bring kids up right and these shows can influence their thinking. So in her spirit, provide your own over the top, over-critical study of childrens TV shows. Tom and Jerry This show is quite clearly a sign of capitalism' struggle with the yearning to be free masses. Capitalism (Tom) tries everything to stamp out the rebellious and hard working, even working class (as all he wants is a nice home in the skirting board) man (Jerry.) As Capitalism (Tom) pushes the working man (Jerry) too much with elaborate schemes, the working man reacts to this by fighting back against capitalism so as to secure his way of life. However the working man (jerry) also starts to attack capitalism (Tom) as he grows his resentment and even does it out of spite and joy. The government controls (Buster the dog) is sometimes on hand to help the working man from being unfair attacked by Capitalism, but the working man sometimes uses government controls unfairly on capitalism. The political elite (the black housewife) are the ones who often order capitalism (Tom) to take down the working man (Jerry.) Often the political elite is let down by capitalism (Tom) so will punish him but both always stay under one roof. Karl Marx would of empathized with Jerry in fact the show is a modern day Das Kapital in cartoon form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 In the United States of America, the conservative religious leader Rev. Jerry Falwell suggested that the bag-carrying purple Teletubby, Tinky Winky, was promoting a gay lifestyle to children. The argument was made in the February 1999 issue of Falwell's monthly magazine, National Liberty Journal. The article, entitled 'Tinky Winky Comes Out of the Closet', claims: "The sexual preference of Tinky Winky, the largest of the four Teletubbies characters on the series that airs in America on PBS stations, has been the subject of debate since the series premiered in England in 1997. "The character, whose voice is obviously that of a boy, has been found carrying a red purse in many episodes and has become a favorite character among gay groups worldwide." Fearless in their pursuit of the truth, the NLJ reporters have, er, discovered what colour Tinky Winky is, amongst other soaraway revelations: "Further evidence that the creators of the series intend for Tinky Winky to be a gay role model have surfaced. He is purple -- the gay-pride color; and his antenna is shaped like a triangle -- the gay-pride symbol". Rev. Jerry Falwell Obviously, no-one is safe from the sordid homosexual antics of the Teletubbies: "These subtle depictions are no doubt intentional and parents are warned to be alert to these elements of the series. However, many families are allowing the series to entertain their children." Reuters News (10 Feb 99) reported that Laurie Fry, director of broadcast promotion at PBS, called the insinuations "mindboggling", and noted that the show's characters are toddlers and are not intended to have sexual orientations of any kind. She pointed out that the offending handbag was Tinky Winky's magic bag, adding, "This is a children's show, for goodness sake". http://www.theory.org.uk/ctr-rol3.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Bill Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Clearly an paramilitary organisation. La la la la, la la la ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 I'll tell you something else, that Dylan on The Magic Roundabout is clearly off his tits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Bill Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Sexual deviant. Lives as a hermit, in a cave, but ever only comes out to wash people's faces without asking their permission first. In the Night Garden is also about the end of the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Bill Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Need I even say it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Subtly preparing us for a government revelation that aliens live amongst us and David Icke (and possibly fellow kickbacker...) was right all along. Spotty and Dotty Wot break down the barriers of the prevalent disbelief in alien life forms amongst the central pre-nursery age demographic. Unwitting parents allow their toddlers to be drawn into trusting these nefarious Extra Terrestrials who's motives are yet to be established. That 'Nicholas Parsons' might be homosexual into the bargain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Need I even say it? I think you better... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamboinglasgow Posted December 10, 2009 Author Share Posted December 10, 2009 Drugs, sex and a great dane. Drugs - scooby snax. Sex - a character is called "shaggy." They live togther in a van going around the country. There are two men and two women (though questions of sexuality on two of them.) Two characters always disappear off together. Great Dane - a talking dog with a speech impediment what more should I say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Bill Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Balamory - The Wickerman for kids. A gay policeman takes his truncheon up to a single man who collects yoghurt pots whilst living in a pink castle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgiewave Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 "Masters of the Universe" posits a dangerous binary relationship between "good" (as represented by He-Man) and "bad" (immanent in Skeletor). This double narrative is further contextualised by the blatant masculinity of He-Man and the latent homogeneity of Skeletor. In his transformative capacity, Prince Adam exhibits his ahistoricity, parallelised in Cringer's transmogrification into Battle-Cat. A mimetic relationship exists between the He-Man-Cringer-Battlecat troika and the Skeletor-Panthor binary. Skeletor's belonging to Eternia simiarly betrays his transhistorical impulses. In putting the "moral" at the end, the writers of the series display their inability to escape from a linear narrative. As She-Ra put it: "Things are not always as they seem." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Bill Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 I think you better... Let's just say wisecracks aren't the only things Fred and Barney like to swap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgiewave Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 http://www.amazon.com/Pooh-Perplex-Freshman-Casebook/dp/0226120589 http://www.elsewhere.org/pomo/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Bill Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Queerhawk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yvonnejambo Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Mr Ben into the closet and out the back door Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
this_is_my_story Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Queerhawk Upon seeing that, I just had to post this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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