I also don't think this is that much of a change to Gonzo's core personality. After all, this is the Muppet (from space, if we take that film as canon) who has a long-standing romantic relationship with a chicken. I'm sure there have been times when adult Gonzo made a comment or two about the attractiveness of a female, but for TODDLER Gonzo? Feels in-character to me. (Disclosure: my kids are obsessed with the reboot Muppet Babies.)
On Tuesday, July 27, 2021 at 10:02:51 AM UTC-4 Tom Wolper wrote: > On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 1:25 AM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Although Henson et al have repeatedly rejected the notion that Bert and >> Ernie are gay, essentially stating that Muppets are Muppets, and thus are >> not sexual in any way, Baby Gonzo (recognized as a boy in the series) gets >> to wear a dress and teach the other Muppet Babies that it isn’t nice to >> tease others based on the clothing they wear. >> >> >> https://www.out.com/television/2021/7/26/muppet-babies-just-celebrated-gender-variant-kids-best-way >> >> Right wing media is gonna lose their sh*t over this. For me personally, >> I’ve never liked the Muppet Babies, and really didn’t like the reboot, so I >> don’t know how many social issues it tackles. This specific issue is of >> great importance to a certain percentage of the population, and it is sure >> to generate words from both sides of the issue. >> > > Disney isn't going to make a decision to do something like this without > getting advice from stakeholder groups (parents, teachers, pediatricians) > and going to Legal and PR departments to anticipate the backlash. Right > Wing Media manufacture outrage, that's what they do. But the audience is > always becoming more fractured and the demographic of white evangelicals > has gotten much smaller and older in the last few decades and they just > don't have the leverage they did 20 years ago. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/be93ad25-0f23-4f86-ba41-48d64137dfben%40googlegroups.com.
