Posted on 02/21/2021 12:51:29 PM PST by EdnaMode
Play the music, light the lights… and slap on the disclaimer?
Select episodes of The Muppet Show — which began streaming on Disney+ on Friday, Feb. 19 — have been hit with a disclaimer citing “negative depictions and/or mistreatment of people or cultures.”
“These stereotypes were wrong then and are wrong now,” the disclaimer reads. “Rather than remove this content, we want to acknowledge its harmful impact, learn from it and spark conversation to create a more inclusive future together.”
The warning message continues: “Disney is committed to creating stories with inspirational and aspirational themes that reflect the rich diversity of the human experience around the globe. To learn more about how stories have impacted society, visit: Disney.com/StoriesMatter.”
The 12-second disclaimer was added before a total of 18 episodes throughout the series’ five-season run. The most obvious of offenses include an entry with country star Johnny Cash performing in front of a Confederate flag, in addition to various negative depictions of Native Americans and Middle Eastern people in songs and sketches. (This Reddit thread includes a list of the specific edits made.) Also notable is the exclusion of two episodes from the show’s fifth and final season, featuring guest stars Brooke Shields and staff writer Chris Langham.
“These stereotypes were wrong then and are wrong now,” the disclaimer reads. “Rather than remove this content, we want to acknowledge its harmful impact, learn from it and spark conversation to create a more inclusive future together.”
Grade “A” Bull $hit
Don't forget the banditos langostinos.
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good progressives like disney would get the vapors and faint on the couch.
Swedish chef, I would imagine.
please do not patronize Disney
Tell the kids that.
I wonder what they thought about the GLM Gophers singing the best things in life are free?
They’re okay because they’re obviously Reds.
Roosevelt Franklin had some pretty cool tunes.
This should be more than a clue... that Disney is dying. If they continue with the pointless and irrelevant woke fever at the decision making level, they will ensure their decline, bankruptcy, and breakup. I don’t want to see this happen, as there is no institution like it left. Woke = Boring, and Boring is not going to inspire young people, entertain adults, and perpetuate sane pro human values. The path they have taken leads to oblivion.
“...to create a more inclusive future together.”
Uh, I don’t WANT to share a future with humorless dictators, nor even a future with humorous dictators!
LOL! That sounds weird, but you've summed it up perfectly.
Did the Swedish Chef make it through?
“Corrupt the young, get them away from religion. Get them interested in sex. Make them superficial, destroy their ruggedness. Get control of all means of publicity and thereby: Get the peoples’ mind off their government by focusing their attention on athletics, sexy books and plays, and other trivialities. Divide the people into hostile groups by constantly harping on controversial matters of no importance. Destroy the people’s faith in their natural leaders by holding up the latter to ridicule, contempt and obloquy. Always preach true democracy but seize power as fast and as ruthlessly as possible. Encourage government extravagance, destroy its credit, produce fear with rising prices, inflation and general discontent. Foment unnecessary strikes in vital industries, encourage civil disorders and foster a soft and lenient attitude on the part of government towards such disorders. By specious argument cause the breakdown of the old moral virtues: honesty, sobriety, continence, faith in the pledged word, ruggedness. Cause the registration of all firearms on some pretext, with the view of confiscating them and leaving the population defenseless.” ~Vladimir Lenin 1921.
I think every episode had domestic violence.
Miss Piggy was a serial abuser.
Haiii Yah!
Hahaha
Quick, dig up Jim Hensen’s remains and toss them into a wood chipper
She looks like Victoria Gotti.
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