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The New Yorker turned into Pat Robertson and the 700 Club so quickly I didn't even notice. Robertson divined the nefarious gay-agenda purpose of Teletubbies an
by fallous 9y ago
The New Yorker turned into Pat Robertson and the 700 Club so quickly I didn't even notice. Robertson divined the nefarious gay-agenda purpose of Teletubbies and now Ms. Tolentino discovers the totalitarianism that is Thomas & Friends. One can only imagine the undisguised communism of Barney & Friends (caring means sharing!) awaiting discovery or the Satanic influences of Lyrick/HIT (owners and distributors of Barney & Friends, Thomas & Friends, Bob the Builder, and a metric shitload of other child-oriented programming) given that the Veggie Tales owners bailed on a distribution agreement with them due to a lack of trust in Lyrick/HIT continuing to support the "Christian values" of that franchise.
Joseph McCarthy could not be reached for comment at this time, although George Orwell was heard to mumble "1984 was supposed to be a warning, not a guide."
- cobbzilla 9y agoIn all fairness, Teletubbies had no dialog. With enough creativity, you could read whatever you want into it. When an insubordinate train car is bricked up "for always and always" and the narrator comments "I think he deserved his punishment, don’t you?", well, um, I think it's OK to say there's some seriously old-school moralizing going on.
- fallous 9y agoDepends how "old" the school of morality you're subscribing to is I guess and the strain of philosophy. Considering major Western Philosophies... New Testament circa 33AD not so much, pre-Enlightenment Catholic Church probably, Enlightenment era to pre-Marx, not so much, Marxist/Leninist and Progressive era of say 1900 and beyond then absolutely.