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meh that doesn't bother Sora as much as Parents taking their young kids to PG-13 or Rated R movies.......ticks Sora off so much >.<
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I wouldn't get all up in arms over the adult humor added in children's shows. It's most likely doing it's job as an adult joke, and going right over children's heads. For example, the Spongebob episode where Mr. Krabs is running around naked and gets shot with a "clothes cannon", leaving him wearing a pink bra. He ends up saying: "Ahh, you got me! ...Well, at least it's underwire." I never caught that until I rewatched it later. I enjoy watching shows without all the heavy censorship. Especially if it's children shows who know how to hide their adult content well. I see no problem with it. |
To me, it depends on whether or not the children who watch the show will be able to really understand the jokes. If not, and it is not clear to the child that it is supposed to be all that funny (or something with a double-punchline, such as the Mr. Krabs in a bra incident), it can be considered a parental bonus, and something to give the show rewatching value when a child gets older. Not a problem.
If it is a very obvious joke that flies over a child's head; that they have to ask in order to understand...then it is really up to the parent whether or not they want to deal with the awkward situation. Though much of the time, the writers are tricky enough to make what appears to be this actually be a double-punchline; even though you will see something entirely different, and will not know why a young child will be so amused without seeing what you see...s/he'll still be laughing his/her head off. See Animaniacs for several examples of this... However, if it is just blatantly adult situations, adult humor, adult language, being wrapped in bright colors and child-friendly packaging, then I cannot condone that in any way. I support maturity, but until we can teach emotional maturity at a young age, I cannot agree with "childrens'" shows that will openly discuss and show sex and sexual concepts. However, that picture of Shakira's stomach? I agree, not that big of a deal - that is how adult pop stars often dress. She is a grown woman; she has the right to dress like that as long as she has the body to feel comfortable in it (and I must say, she looks quite good there). However, I would certainly hope that no children decide to try to emulate that look - or if they do, that their parents have the sense to stop them. We do not live in a childproofed world. We cannot keep adults off our childrens' shows just because we don't want our children dressing like adults. Instead, we need to teach them the difference between adult clothing and childrens' clothing. It is as simple as that. |
Yeah, I was an "extremely gifted" child all my life, and I didn't realize until 10 years later how full of delightfully nasty innuendo Rocko's Modern Life was when it was on. Cartoons very often touch on subjects that are just completely over kids' heads, and they don't even notice the jokes. I really think producers of cartoons put these things in for adults who only undertsand the jokes through age and life experience, to keep their brains from going numb when they have to babysit or sit there and watch the cartoons day in and day out with their kids. I have an ex-fiancee with a 4-year old, and the mature-content asides made in the shows were a welcome respite from the flashing colors, stupid noises and insipid repetition that entertained the boy.
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My opinion only refers to children shows . . . .
I don't think it's appropriate. The way I learned about sex was actually through piecing together sexual jokes I saw in movies. Luckily I told my Mom about it and she gave me sex ed books right afterwards, but really, I shouldn't have figured it out that way and I bet a smart enough child could put the pieces together before they are ready to handle that kind of information. |
Television shows for children tend to be more mild than movies... for a movie, the parents are almost guaranteed to be there for nearly two hours so more is added to keep the parents just as entertained. For a tv show, the parents can be in the next room doing something else and not paying as much attention to the programming.
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I'm with mau5ie. You can put that kind of adult humor in kid's movies and they will not get it at all. I remeber watching a bunch of disney movies when I was a kid and I watched them again with my younger cousins. And I was shocked at how different the storyline was, not because I didn't remember it but because I understood more of what was said. Now if you watch a movie and your kid understands the joke then it's the parent that's at fault. So my stand on this debate is "What they don't know can't hurt them."
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