Posted on 04/24/2018 7:49:12 AM PDT by rktman
Editor's Note: The following has been adapted with the author's permission from its original publication on Carolina Culture Warrior. To be fully transparent, the author also owns shares in ABC (as previously disclosed).
WARNING: This post features lyrics with strong language.
As previously pointed out here, March 24's Kids’ Choice Awards on Nickelodeon saw a disastrously pitiful rating that was among the lowest ever. This drop was thanks to, in part, due to many of those nominated in music, movies, and TV show categories not being appropriate for children and overt endorsements of the anti-gun March for Our Lives protests.
Herein lies the entertainment industry’s problem. Most forms of modern entertainment promulgate a liberal agenda featuring gratuitous violence, inappropriate language, and sex scenes. While this space has touched on the video game industry’s contributions to the corrosive culture, the worst form of entertainment thus far is modern pop music.
The modern music scene makes a lot of money doling out filthy songs parents should find inappropriate for children. To give some examples, here are some lyrics from three popular songs – the first of which was actually performed at last month’s Kids’ Choice ceremony (albeit with most of the profanities being removed).
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It's become de rigueur to include young characters doing a gangsta rap, twerking, and emulating rappers and rap videos.
I find it course, disturbing, and shameless pandering to the lowest common cultural denominator.
Why can't the people who make this movies make movies for kids to be kids, not emulate sleazy behavior?
You’d never see Fred Rogers using language like that.
Nickelodeon employed a child molester for decades.
The utter garbage diet of today's "children's entertainment" is dreadful.
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