{"id":12949,"date":"2021-02-27T14:09:08","date_gmt":"2021-02-27T19:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=12949"},"modified":"2021-02-27T14:09:53","modified_gmt":"2021-02-27T19:09:53","slug":"the-muppets-offensive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=12949","title":{"rendered":"The Muppets! Offensive?"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

The Disney Channel has just released five seasons of “The Muppet Show” but they have done so with a warning to the next generation of viewers. The disclaimers read:\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

“This program includes negative depictions and\/or mistreatment of people or cultures. These stereotypes were wrong then and are wrong now,”<\/p>\r\n

“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,”<\/p>\r\n

So, the Muppets are “offensive” — according to Disney (as are those dangerous classics “Peter Pan” and “Dumbo” — according to Disney).\u00a0 Offensive?!\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Given this disheartening news about the fragile psychic state of our youth today, By George honours this classic puppet troupe for the older generations who remember the joy and laughter (and how to laugh) watching this show.<\/p>\r\n

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Offensive….\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Chris George, providing reliable PR counsel and effective advocacy. Need a go-to writer or experienced communicator? 613-983-0801 @<\/em>\u00a0CG&A COMMUNICATIONS<\/a><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Disney Channel has just released five seasons of “The Muppet Show” but they have done so with a warning to the next generation of viewers. The disclaimers read:\u00a0 “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…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,12],"tags":[64,72],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12949"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12949"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12970,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12949\/revisions\/12970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}