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Serious Topics in Kids Shows
When you think of kids shows, what's the first thing that comes to mind? Happy, silly, and something age appropriate, right? However there has been a trend that has gone on since the days of Mister Roger's Neighborhood. That trend, is talking about more grown up subjects. With LGBT characters and discussions becoming more prominent in recent children's shows, the question has been raised once again, should kid shows tackle serious and current topics or just stick to children? Well, this isn't anything new in kids shows believe it or not.
What started with Mister Roger's Neighborhood with the episode about assassination due to the JFK assassination, caused other shows to bring up subjects outright or relate it to the context of the show. I will be talking about the top three subjects normally talked about in kids shows that are more serious than what would be expected of a kid show and round it out with my own thoughts on it.
Mr Magic Posted on Feb 21, 2020 at 03:37 AM
@Ben:
It's a sad special, but it's a happy one too.
Benjanime Posted on Feb 21, 2020 at 03:20 AM
i honestly can't even watch that mother's day rugrats episode anymore, it's too gut-wrenching.
Mr Magic Posted on Feb 21, 2020 at 02:38 AM
As Told By Ginger is a very good example of a cartoon involving real issues.
ThatDudeintheHoodie Posted on Feb 20, 2020 at 07:06 PM
I felt this topic needed to be talked about. This actually got me out of my slump with writing funny enough.
Vaporman87 Posted on Feb 20, 2020 at 03:50 PM
Great topic for an article. The first thing that comes to mind for me, is a very well done episode of He-Man and The MOTU called "The Problem with Power". In it, He-Man is tricked into believing that he has accidentally killed somebody by Skeletor. It is the only time we see He-Man transform BACK into Prince Adam, and he decides to relinquish his powers because of his actions. The episode uses a fair amount of shadowing on the characters, which was not often used because of the time and budget limitations placed on Filmation for the cartoon.
Mr Magic Posted on Feb 20, 2020 at 03:48 PM
There was a Tiny Toon Adventures episode that involved beer.
Heck, there was a Porky Pig cartoon that involved smoking!
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