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Never seen Daniel Tiger, but Peppa Pig makes the Dad the butt of the joke and portrays him as the overconfident idiot in pretty much every story, while all moms
by rglullis 3y ago
Never seen Daniel Tiger, but Peppa Pig makes the Dad the butt of the joke and portrays him as the overconfident idiot in pretty much every story, while all moms are always infallible.
It's not something that kids might consciously notice, but it's grating and not what I'd exactly call a positive message.
- mywacaday 3y agoMy wife and I don't like Peppa for that very reason. One of its main catchphrases is "silly daddy".
- Aeolun 3y ago> It's not something that kids might consciously notice, but it's grating and not what I'd exactly call a positive message. While I agree it’s not a real positive note, it does seem to reflect reality to some extend (in the sense that my wife thinks she’s always right). I’m fairly certain Peppa’s dad is just modelled on an overconfident 50’s dad. It’s funny though, so I can live with it.
- ZeroGravitas 3y agoWell that de-escalated quickly! One moment it's considered brave to even feature a single, intact heterosexual couple of married pigs in a cartoon, but when challenged on this being an insane take, utterly divorced from reality, we've fallen back to "sometimes the cartoon pig dad has humourous foibles as part of his character"?
- rglullis 3y agoHave you realized that you are talking about comments made by two different people?
- ZeroGravitas 3y agoYes. I don't really know why you thought it was an appropriate direction to take the "there are no heterosexual couples depicted in modern children's TV! / Yes there are, are you mad?" thread though. Maybe you can enlighten us?
- rglullis 3y agoMy argument is less about the identity politics and the modern idea of "diversity" and more about how Bluey does not fall into the "stupid overconfident father / smart sassy mother" trope that is pretty much the rule in Western TV shows since maybe the Simpsons?