Posted on 02/24/2021 5:24:34 AM PST by MtnClimber
Wokesters are targeting old children's shows and adding preposterous disclaimers.
If you want to catch Johnny Cash singing “Ghost Riders in the Sky” with a posse of puppets, you’d better act fast. The Man in Black could get away with uttering the word “Hell” on The Muppet Show. He will likely not however survive that Confederate flag hanging on the set.
In what is but the latest to be hit by the destroyer of mirth that is “wokeness,” eighteen episodes of The Muppet Show – all five seasons of which are now on the Disney+ streaming service – have been marked for shame.
The “offensive content,” which also includes episodes with Kenny Rogers and Steve Martin, now carries the following disclaimer before the show:
This program includes negative depictions and/or mistreatment of people or cultures. These stereotypes were wrong then and are wrong now. 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.
Disney is committed to creating stories with inspirational and aspirational themes that reflect the rich diversity of the human experience around the globe.
In some regions The Muppet Show is only available through an adult’s Disney+ account. Arguably, its target audience is shut out completely absent a grown-up in the room.
Yes, it has come to this: the Muppets are damned as being racist and perpetuating unfair depictions of ethnic groups. Kermit the Frog is now the ringleader of a gang of offensive hoodlums. I’m waiting for der Swedish Chef to get yanked as an offensive stereotype of Scandinavians. Animal is obviously a parody of manic depressives. And they don’t get much more Hispanic than Pepe the Prawn.
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WHO the Hell appointed them arbiters???
They are gods in their own twisted minds.
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