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How Australia’s ‘Bluey’ conquered children’s entertainment

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Post by imp0cat »

sheepscreek wrote: post #9
meristohm wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's been my experience; my spouse and I watched three seasons of Bluey, maybe 80% after our child went to bed. It's a visual parenting manual.

> It's a visual parenting manual. Haha - this is what I told someone the other day. Brandon (Bluey’s dad) is a source of inspiration for me. I’ve put his lighthearted parenting tricks to work with much success!

Like the game of silence, right? That's pure gold!

"Now let's see if you can stay silent until you turn 13." :D

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Post by polotics »

robby_w_g wrote: post #55
jimbob45 wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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> "This family has two mommies. They love each other so proudly and they all go marching in... the... big parade," sing the lyrics. Other terms featured include "trans," "non-binary" and "queer." > “Love is love is love you see, and everyone should love proudly,” Acknowledging LGBTQ people are capable of love is somehow an example of “culture war”. It’s incredible people can be so bothered by a simple, sweet message.

The one thing that could be noted on this point of seeing a toddler-focussed TV show with an LGBTQ acceptance theme, is that there are a lot of other acceptance-worthy themes out there that never make it into toddlers' TV shows. I will not make a list because obviously that would be whataboutism, virtue signalling, I don't know.

Re: How Australia’s ‘Bluey’ conquered children’s entertainment

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Post by jaimex2 »

Bluey is awesome, the one disappointing thing is hearing US and UK media try and modify it.

A few episodes have been butchered because something was found offensive - like the kids playing cavemen and saying Ooga Booga or the parents sighing while weighing themselves on a scale. Come on!

Just leave it alone and serve it as is. The creators expressed a few times he's almost had enough of edits over dumb things.

They also tried to get re-dubs done to remove the Aussie accents, luckily that was pushed back on.

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Post by xattt »

jboggan wrote: post #18

Bluey is a godsend in our household. It's not annoying and the amount of classical and original music woven into each episode is wonderful. There's one particular episode - "Sleepytime" - which I cannot bring myself to watch anymore because I get so emotional. Every parent I talk to with young kids who has seen the episode agrees and knows what I mean. It's really that good, and despite being a fun little show there…

The last available episode, Cricket, is even more devastating. It shows what kind of sibling relationships can be in face of family situations that might be trying for kids, and how they come through for each other. I hope for my kids to have this kind of bond.

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Post by awilfox »

a_bonobo wrote: post #37
jboggan wrote: post #18

Bluey is a godsend in our household. It's not annoying and the amount of classical and original music woven into each episode is wonderful. There's one particular episode - "Sleepytime" - which I cannot bring myself to watch anymore because I get so emotional. Every parent I talk to with young kids who has seen the episode agrees and knows what I mean. It's really that good, and despite being a fun little show there…

'Onesies' and 'Babyrace' are also highly emotional episodes. Onesies is, hidden for children, about the inability to conceive children, not being able to deal with your relatives' children; 'Babyrace' is about the doubt all parents have about their parenting ('You're doing great' is aimed directly at the audience)

Baby Race reduces me to tears every time.

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Post by xattt »

a_bonobo wrote: post #37
jboggan wrote: post #18

Bluey is a godsend in our household. It's not annoying and the amount of classical and original music woven into each episode is wonderful. There's one particular episode - "Sleepytime" - which I cannot bring myself to watch anymore because I get so emotional. Every parent I talk to with young kids who has seen the episode agrees and knows what I mean. It's really that good, and despite being a fun little show there…

'Onesies' and 'Babyrace' are also highly emotional episodes. Onesies is, hidden for children, about the inability to conceive children, not being able to deal with your relatives' children; 'Babyrace' is about the doubt all parents have about their parenting ('You're doing great' is aimed directly at the audience)

“Camping” shows how seemingly mundane activities become fundamental family rituals, and in last 12 seconds of the episode, that time together with your kids is fleeting and almost ephemeral.

The density of emotion that is packed per minute of each episode is absurd.

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Post by awilfox »

neild wrote: post #51

Bluey is the only show my kid loved, and never wanted to binge watch. He’d watch one or two episodes and then want to turn the TV off so we could play Silly Hotel or Keepy Uppy or Grannies. Where other shows grabbed his attention longer, Bluey always inspired him to go out and play.

I think this is the real value of imaginative shows like Bluey - it inspires kids to use their imaginations as well.

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Post by rich_sasha »

sspiff wrote: post #50
jboggan wrote: post #18

Bluey is a godsend in our household. It's not annoying and the amount of classical and original music woven into each episode is wonderful. There's one particular episode - "Sleepytime" - which I cannot bring myself to watch anymore because I get so emotional. Every parent I talk to with young kids who has seen the episode agrees and knows what I mean. It's really that good, and despite being a fun little show there…

Of all the children's programming my children have watched, Bluey is by far the nicest for us (the parents) to watch or listen to, and has been the most enduring in terms of popularity with our kids. Similar to Peppa Pig, the scenarios are often recognizable in a family with young children, but they're generally funnier and the characters are more loveable. The animation style is a refreshing break from the bright co…

As a dad, I used to like Peppa Pig, but now can barely stand it - as opposed to Bluey.

Daddy Pig is fat, useless, convinced he's an expert in everything but failing every time. His parenting skills hover around 0, and always needs to be rescued, usually by Mummy Pig. So much for healthy co-parenting.

Furthermore, Peppa is mean to her friends, who like her regardless, she always gets special treatment.

I'm not saying there isn't a lot of good stuff in PP, there is for sure, but the issues above feature in every episode and they really get to me now.

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Post by rich_sasha »

timeimp wrote: post #29

The best part is how people are learning that the Disney+ version is censored. Yes, a childrens show is censored, in current year. Why? Because some jokes don't play well with adults, even though they go right over kids heads. Have a Google for "Bluey censored" to see what I mean!

Fun fact: one episode of Peppa Pig was censored in Australia.

It was one about spiders, and basically about how spiders are cute, cuddly and there's no reason to be scared of them.

I mean, I sympathise with the decision... Just funny.

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