And the manufactured outrage has commenced https://twitter.com/realcandaceo/status/1422003839805296641?s=21
On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 9:11 AM M-D November <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/be93ad25-0f23-4f86-ba41-48d64137dfben%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- 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/CAKgmY4BN%2BCXuf-Kbtakfi%2Bk54EgNgCrQHWNp5i-WfXn5kLqYJQ%40mail.gmail.com.
