In the words of the Swedish chef: “Vert der Ferk??”
Disney has decided that “The Muppet Show” — featuring Kermit the Frog, Fozzie Bear and Miss Piggy — contains “offensive content” and can now be seen only on an adult account.
When viewers open the streaming service, which made five series available last Friday, viewers are greeted with the disclaimer: “This program includes negative depictions and/or mistreatment of people or cultures. These stereotypes were wrong then and are wrong now,” the Daily Mail reported.
“Rather than remove this content, we want to acknowledge its harmful impact, learn from it and spark conversation to create a more inclusive future together. Disney is committed to creating stories with inspirational and aspirational themes that reflect the rich diversity of the human experience around the globe,” the statement says.
Said the Mail: “The warning is believed to refer to Muppet characters designed as stereotypes of Native Americans, Arabs and East Asians.”
Twitter users blasted the move. “Nothing screams offensive like fury puppets. When I think of a cultural danger to society, it’s obviously Jim Henson’s Muppets,” wrote one.
Well, the Sesame Street child indoctrination department has pandered to LGBT and BLM. So they can’t be all bad.
Sesame Street executive Mike Dann admits that the show pushes leftwing ideology to preschoolers:
“was not made for the sophisticated or the middle class.” Using the premise, the team worked in all sorts of messages, including Grover breaking bread with a hippie and Oscar the grouch who was supposed to address “conflicts arising from racial and ethnic diversity.” Dann also admitted he used the program in the wake of 9/11 to highlight peaceful alternatives to war.
“Sesame Street tried to tackle divorce, tackled ‘peaceful conflict resolution’ in the aftermath of 9/11 and had [gay actor] Neil Patrick Harris on the show playing the subtly-named ‘fairy shoeperson’,” writes Shapiro, according to THR.
They also provide information on what to do when mommy and daddy go to jail.
Other animated characters have also come under the Left’s “woke” scrutiny: Charlie Brown is “racist”, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer “encourages bullying” and has “undertones of sexism”,
Kids can’t simply be kids anymore. Run and play, read, climb trees, and participate in sports, without being politically radicalized by adults who turn them into “woke” totalitarians.
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