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

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

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Post by konschubert »

grepfru_it wrote: post #361
konschubert wrote: post #173

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I really like the dynamic between the parents in this episode. Chilly clearly doesn’t think Bandits approach will work, but she lets him have a go. She stays around as an advocate for the other side, without sabotaging his attempt.

Is that the episode when the kid has the phone and the parents are fighting in them background and the kids are oblivious to it but blueys dad is and makes them mute the sound? Then the other parents make peace and team up to get the phone back? So many episodes that all have great messaging for both child and parent.

No, the episode you are referring to is called "facytime", I think.

The one I am talking about is "chest"

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Post by theultdev »

skyyler wrote: post #399
theultdev wrote: post #396

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That's why I said it's how it depends how it's presented, and you never explained so I don't know if it was appropriate or not. Many kids shows I enjoyed never had any couples or parents in them, which avoids that altogether.

That's really great, good talk, buddy.

You too, pal.

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

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Post by sophacles »

theultdev wrote: post #397
sophacles wrote: post #386

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I find it easier to learn abstract things like morals when there are also examples presented along-side them. More so when those examples are practical and applicable to my life. I find this to be a common sentiment. Are you really trying to say that showing brown people and kids with a single parent is equivalent to showing rape and drug use? Perhaps you should pause and reflect on your own morals if you think these…

First off, you brought up someone being killed as a real world struggle, so don't act like I pulled these real world events out of nowhere and tried to equate it to "brown people" (your words) alluding that I'm racist or something. Second, my point was to show you that not everything in the real world needs to be depicted directly in kids shows. Not to make an equivalence of those listed things, but to test the consi…

I'd argue that encountering people that are slightly different than one's self is a normal daily reality for most people, and that using those people as characters in the protagonists' lives is just making the show relatable. I don't think it's a moral lesson any more than having parents who don't murder every episode is a moral lesson - sure it's an example of decent morals but it's not a lesson in morality.

That is to say, using same logic on "depicting brown people" and "depicting rape" is fundamentally flawed, it doesn't make sense to apply the same rules to "proximity to disabled people" and "murder" they aren't remotely in the same category. They are fundamentally different, and even if they were somehow similar enough to apply the same logic, they are not in any way similar in scope, its like claiming that showing a kid keeping a $100 bill they find on the street is somehow the same as showing a kid planning a multibillion dollar crypto heist... they involve different morals, different situations, and different consequences for every single person involved - that is they aren't the same.

Further, I never brought up someone being killed - that was a different person. You can tell because we have different usernames.

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Post by em-bee »

williamcotton wrote: post #311
cfiggers wrote: post #248

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Yes—in an encouraging way.

Eh, well, I dunno. I’ve got kids and I don’t personally let them give me as much crap as Bluey and Bingo do. Like, if they’re running up to the screen at a kids movie I’m taking them home. There’s other people in the theatre to consider. Kids need boundaries along with compassion, and yes, I know that there are the odd Bluey episodes that deal with boundaries, not getting what you want, etc… …but there’s a lot of wha…

the key point is that you and your wife agree what those boundaries are. i can't comment on the specific situation, but yeah, if the kids do something that i can't tolerate, then it's game over.

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Post by jcul »

earthboundkid wrote: post #320
pylua wrote: post #245

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It also sets the bar very high for parents.

My friend says she tries to model herself on the Mum from Bluey. I say it gives children unrealistic ideas about how much play time the average parent can engage in without getting a crick in their back.

This made me laugh, I often think of what bluey's dad would do in certain situations, especially if I'm losing my temper. Though I do almost resent / dialike him, irrational as it is, for being too perfect as a dad.

I respectfully disagree with your second point, while it might make parents (like me) guilty about not playing so much with kids, I think kids themselves can separate reality from TV pretty well.

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

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Post by jcul »

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…

Sleepytime was the first full episode I watched, and it had me in tears.

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Post by hydrok9 »

ramesh31 wrote: post #221

Millenials and Gen Xers (the cohort of which are now raising young children) were raised in a cultural wasteland of sarcasm and irony poisoning, that arose as a response to the perceived "campiness" or naivety of sincere art. And we were force fed it for decades until our "guffaws" and recognition of it were habitual, instinctive, and always expected. Nothing could possibly ever be funny without being hyper self-awar…

And we thought we were so clever :,)

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Post by twisteriffic »

organsnyder wrote: post #147
wizerdrobe wrote: post #110

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That’s virtually every sitcom and children’s cartoon, the father is a bumbling idiot. Talk about “toxic masculinity” … On the other had, I wonder if that is why I gravitated towards King of the Hill in my early years. Generally a positive male role model, competent, trying to do the right thing by his family and community.

That's one thing that makes Bluey so special. The dad isn't perfect, but he's a really good father and husband.

Also the emphasis on community. How Lucky's dad just rolls with it and joins in the game when Bandit steals his sandwich or football.

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

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Post by afavour »

theultdev wrote: post #394
skyyler wrote: post #393

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There's so much more to relationships and human connection and even romantic relationships than that. Get your mind out of the gutter.

Connections can be made in kids show without referencing sexual preferences, that's my point. I just fail to see why you need to make a pony a lesbian in a kids show. Why bring that up at all?

> Why bring that up at all?

So that it reflects the real world, perhaps? Same reason shows have families with moms and dads in them.

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