Oct-08-2010, 02:28 PM (UTC)
Yeah, it's pretty crazy. At TV Tropes, this is known as a "Clueless Aesop":
"A deep, rich source of narm. This is when a very serious Aesop is undermined because it's presented by a show that just cannot handle it well.
This is especially common in children's shows. There are many, many cases where a well-meaning show for children tries to explain a newsworthy issue. Sadly, the characters just usually end up way out of their comfort zone and the message often goes way over the poor kids' heads, often because it's so different from the normal tone of the show.
To be fair, any attempt to tackle serious subject matter honestly is problematic when the Moral Guardians are watching. You often end up with children being warned about something dangerous — but exactly why that something is dangerous is often never explained (sometimes this can be Paranoia Fuel)."
And on this particular Sonic frgament:
"The big problem with this, and other episode tags and PSAs like it, is that shows in the Animation Age Ghetto were allowed and even encouraged to warn against sexual molestation, but were forbidden to define it. They could tell kids to tell parents or the cops about "bad touching," but they couldn't say what sorts of touching are bad."
As you can imagine, this one has been edited a lot:
"A deep, rich source of narm. This is when a very serious Aesop is undermined because it's presented by a show that just cannot handle it well.
This is especially common in children's shows. There are many, many cases where a well-meaning show for children tries to explain a newsworthy issue. Sadly, the characters just usually end up way out of their comfort zone and the message often goes way over the poor kids' heads, often because it's so different from the normal tone of the show.
To be fair, any attempt to tackle serious subject matter honestly is problematic when the Moral Guardians are watching. You often end up with children being warned about something dangerous — but exactly why that something is dangerous is often never explained (sometimes this can be Paranoia Fuel)."
And on this particular Sonic frgament:
"The big problem with this, and other episode tags and PSAs like it, is that shows in the Animation Age Ghetto were allowed and even encouraged to warn against sexual molestation, but were forbidden to define it. They could tell kids to tell parents or the cops about "bad touching," but they couldn't say what sorts of touching are bad."
As you can imagine, this one has been edited a lot:
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