The Muppet Show: Disney+ adds content warning of negative depictions of cultures

Re:The Muppet Show: Disney+ adds content warning of negative... by michaelbuckbee on Monday February 22, 2021 @08:28AM (#26224229)

I think this is just a general change in entertainment. When media out was limited to fewer shows being created and the audience so much broader it was necessary to try and throw "something for everybody" into each show.

The Muppet Show is kind of the height of this with celebrities, silliness for kids, sly asides for adults, etc.

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Re:The Muppet Show: Disney+ adds content warning of negative... by Hallucinaut on Monday February 22, 2021 @08:37AM (#26224324)

I'm not sure the Muppet Show was that; the very setting was a behind the scenes look at the operation of a live variety show of yesteryear, and iirc everything fit into that theme?

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Re:The Muppet Show: Disney+ adds content warning of negative... by michaelbuckbee on Monday February 22, 2021 @09:03AM (#26224601)

I was coming at this a little differently. Imagine that there's 75 jokes in the show. Muppets would maybe distribute them like:

- 25 for adults - 25 for kids - 25 site gags for toddlers

And media now is like: that should be 3 separate shows.

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Re:The Muppet Show: Disney+ adds content warning of negative... by lggy on Monday February 22, 2021 @08:59AM (#26224558)

As if today's extremely successful entertainment didn't build exactly on the "something for everybody" idea. Take the insanely popular movies from the Marvel Cinematic Universe as an example. Has mainstream media really changed in this regard?

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