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Re: ‘Bluey’s World’: How a Cute Aussie Puppy Became a Juggernaut

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Post by WorldMaker »

alberth wrote: post #41

Bluey is like Seinfeld. It's timeless, everyone gets a laugh (including parents) and is a "show about nothing" (just the daily lives of family dynamics). As a parent, I really appreciate the show and no other show can compare. (For those who haven't seen it, it's more akin to a family sitcom than a traditional kids show/cartoon)

Some of this comes from watching Bluey in a literal fever binge and believing I wrote a PhD dissertation on the show because it touched so many half-forgotten things from my Masters Degree's "individual studies": I think an interesting thing to Bluey is that it is not just a "show about nothing". It's not just the daily lives and family dynamics, it actually has a central point embedded in even the studio name (Ludo Studios), which is the importance of play and games (Ludo relates to the latin for play from which we also get modern fancy terms like ludology, the study of games, and ludonarrative dissonance, the difference between what a game's story is trying to tell and what its mechanics and play style is telling), not just for fun (but also for fun), but in learning good conflict resolution and safely exploring your identity and your relationships with others and things you might want to be or grow up to do and understanding complex systems by analyzing their rulesets and playstyles and more.

There's always at least one game in every episode. It hit me early in my fever dream of a binge watch: even the intro is itself a game. One of the many simple "freeze"/"simon says"/"red light/green light"/"musical chairs" variants (the show calls it "statues" in one episode), dance while the music plays and freeze when the music stops and if you move while you are supposed to be frozen you lose. (I cheered loudly at the first episode where Bluey doesn't win the intro game. It was a lovely reward for never skipping the intro.)

There's so many good lessons about games as a lifelong tool scattered across nearly every episode, as a part of what makes the family dynamics so bright and exciting.

Re: ‘Bluey’s World’: How a Cute Aussie Puppy Became a Juggernaut

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Post by Vaskivo »

resource_waste wrote: post #2

>“The parents were so relatable and mirrored the parent I wanted to be,” Ooof fiction teaching Idealism. From Nietzsche to Plato, its agreed, fiction corrupts. One day the floury idealism will be seen not to work, and the damage will have already been done. I've seen Bluey, it was funny, it taught some general concepts... but if my kids are going to watch TV, why not Bill Nye the Science Guy or similar? Remember that…

There's an episode where the father is trying to teach Bluey to play chess. It is implied by the mother that he's only doing that because "all smart kids play chess, therefore she should learn chess."

The teaching fails, not because she doesn't understand but because she and Bingo end up making up the fantasy of the game. (To the point that sacrificing a piece is a shock and abhorrent).

It ends up with the mother intervening, beating the dad at the game and saying "Work on the heads later, for now, just hearts."

So to you, I say: Bill Nye, yes. Bluey, yes too. Each in their own time... If the kids feel like it.

Re: ‘Bluey’s World’: How a Cute Aussie Puppy Became a Juggernaut

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Post by myko »

sklargh wrote: post #69
jboggan wrote: post #30

One thing I really appreciate about the show is the music - so many of the best episodes are extended musical variations on great themes from classical music, and done so skillfully that you don't realize you're listening to Mozart's "Rondo Alla Turca" or Saint-Saens' "Organ Symphony" until you're at the emotional climax of the episode when the entire piece is restated, which has been priming you for a big theme or b…

“Sleepytime” is right up there with BSG’s “33”, Veep’s “Testimony” or The American’s “S.T.A.R.T” - it’s truly excellent television.

Can I add Bojack Horseman's "Fish Out of Water" to this list?

Re: ‘Bluey’s World’: How a Cute Aussie Puppy Became a Juggernaut

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Post by legitster »

fma wrote: post #84

Can we get a discussion going on where other parents are finding high quality media for kids to consume? YouTube Kids is a definite no. YT Kids feels like it's intentionally made to brainwash your child and having unsuspecting parents let their guard down with the "Kids" in the app name. From my experimentation it is far worse than regular YouTube. YouTube, need to watch them carefully and catch the YT algorithm tryi…

YouTube Kids is legitimately awful. And the content filters are a joke.

We've been using the Dude Perfect app lately. It's got ads, but it only features a select few YouTubers that focus on kid friendly content. And everything is screened by a real person. So it lets our kids watch YouTube without the "endless trash" content feed.

Re: ‘Bluey’s World’: How a Cute Aussie Puppy Became a Juggernaut

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Post by Sohcahtoa82 »

I first heard a bunch about Bluey from TheOdd1sOut, a fun YouTuber featuring humorous and relatable slice-of-life content.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEQHiJVH79o

One of the things he talks about is something other commenters have mentioned - It's just as much a show for the parents, and in some cases, directly addresses the parents, but not in a fourth-wall-breaking way. They're not really talking to the parent, but it's one character talking to another, but it's drawn so that the character is looking at the viewer.

Re: ‘Bluey’s World’: How a Cute Aussie Puppy Became a Juggernaut

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Post by legitster »

For a road trip we put on the Ramona Quimby audiobooks and I was shocked at how much better they were than I remembered, and how similar of a feeling they gave me to Bluey.

It comes from the minutiae and details of childhood psychology. To a small child, a pair of new red boots is so much more than a pair of red boots.

It's not only relatable to kids, but the magic is that it reminds me what it's like to be a kid, and helps me relate to them.

Re: ‘Bluey’s World’: How a Cute Aussie Puppy Became a Juggernaut

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Post by mcphage »

op00to wrote: post #46
bombcar wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Bluey may have done more for fathers (and families) than anything in recent history. So many are dealing with fatherhood without having a role model themselves, and everything on TV being "fat dumb lovable idiot" sitcom-types. The episode "The Sign" is an incredibly deep story from multiple angles.

He also normalizes farting in your kids’ faces. More seriously, Bluey is so enjoyable because the characters have dimensions and seem way more real than just about anything else on TV.. at least that you’d watch with kids.

> He also normalizes farting in your kids’ faces.

ALLEGABLY!

Re: ‘Bluey’s World’: How a Cute Aussie Puppy Became a Juggernaut

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Post by legitster »

markus_zhang wrote: post #21

Bluey is the best kids show we found. Or, maybe it's the best show for the parents. I'm literally watching it by myself after my kid goes to bed. I really appreciate that the show doesn't hesitate to include some ordinary parenting interactions like Muffin took Stripe's phone and he chased her through the whole house, and Bandit making shenanigans.

I'd also like to nominate the Mickey Mouse shorts by Paul Rudish.

They flew under a lot of people's radar, but was quietly one of the most brilliant set of modern animations. They are well made, packed with jokes, weird, are a love letter to Chuck Jones era cartoons, and managed to bring back personalities to all of these corporate characters.

Re: ‘Bluey’s World’: How a Cute Aussie Puppy Became a Juggernaut

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Post by mcphage »

Cyph0n wrote: post #61
mandalorianer wrote: post #53

I don't why Bluey is so popular whereas almost nobody knows "Pete the cat" which has a way better message to kids, families, siblings.

+1. I think Bluey is great for parents, but I can think of many shows that are better for children. Better in the sense that they teach children how to deal with challenges at their age and how to navigate the world around them.

What are some that you enjoy?
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