Too Hot for Sesame Street?

[SeerSGB]

Gods, the things people tweek out over.

 

[Trekker4747]

The Katy Perry puppet looks quite life-like!

 

[Davros]

The objection to this clip shows there is no shortage of idiots with too much spare time in the world.

 

[FordSVT]

No more revealing than the outfit of any Disney Princess. Then again, these fuckers had a problem with some of that too.

I'm not a violent person, but every once in a while I wish for absolute power in order to smite stupidity.

 

[SeerSGB]

I'm glad my oldest (8) is grown out of Sesame Street; I'd be hard pressed to let the younger (5m) watch when he's old enough. I don't remember it being this stupid when I was a kid. I know they say it's still educational, but it really doesn't seem like it is as good as it was back in the late 70s-.80s.

 

[Brent]

I don't think the song, or what she is wearing, is age appropriate for the program and target audience.

Adults, no prob, but for Sesame Street? nah, a bit age inappropriate IMO.

I am glad it will not be airing on TV.

 

[SeerSGB]

Really? I mean come on, we probably see more skin on a summer trip to the grocery store. It's not like she was giving Elmo a lap-dance. If nothing else, it's no worse than some cheerleading costumes.

Granted it's not as sophisticated as watching Elmo take a crap or Miss Piggy domestically abusing Kermit the Frog...but hey, they've got to have standards.

 

[FPAlpha]

Apparently i'm in the minority here but i think it's "too hot" for a kids show.

Come on.. do we need to start sexualizing our kids at such an early age?
Would it have killed Perry to get a dress that's not that low cut?

I don't mind breasts and could look at them all day long but then i'm middle 30s and not some 5 year old who has boobs thrust in his face (metaphorically speaking).

 

[SeerSGB]

Apparently i'm in the minority here but i think it's "too hot" for a kids show.

Come on.. do we need to start sexualizing our kids at such an early age?
Would it have killed Perry to get a dress that's not that low cut?

I don't mind breasts and could look at them all day long but then i'm middle 30s and not some 5 year old who has boobs thrust in his face (metaphorically speaking).

Yet, what do you do when you take your kids out to the store and some..."healthy" young-woman is showing off what God or a good plastic-surgeon gave her?

I don't see anything "sexual" in it. Then again, I can look at a woman showing some skin and not automatical thinkg "SEX!!!".

I wonder if any of the folks that complain have young daughters in a dance program? And how they feel about some of the more provocative costumes that have been the fad that last handful of years?

 

[Jetfire]

There is nothing sexual about it...the video is silliness at it's best and I spend more time looking at Katy's zany facial expressions and the craziness going on around her than looking at her cleavage...how perverted does one have to be to focus on her chest in this type of video???

I am not a fan of Katy Perry and Elmo means nothing to me...Oscar being in the video is cool...but this is fun & silly and it is the adults who have a problem. Seriously grow the fuck up.

 

[Rush Limborg]

I wonder if any of the folks that complain have young daughters in a dance program? And how they feel about some of the more provocative costumes that have been the fad that last handful of years?

Well, I'd say that's a little freaky....

Okay. Would it suprise you all to learn that I voted "no"?

I actually made a Special Comment on this in the Commodore's forum, detailing my reasons for my views on this...but I'd say it's HIGHLY appropriate here, too:

And now...a Special Comment...on Katy Perry's stint on Sesame Street.

In case you are unaware--apparently, a controversy is ablaze--over this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blE9qg-hCkc

Supposedly, a significant number of "parents-advocacy-groups" have taken immense issue with the choice of attire designated for Miss Perry--specifically, her relatively low neckline. They proclaim, here, that this is a perversion--an attempt to open children up to early sexuality.

As a Social Conservative, I am certainly quite sensitive to the constant over-sexualization of our culture. Certainly, "You know sexuality in your culture has gone too far...if Lady GaGa's increasingly rediculous antics continue to intensify without any hinderance."

Nonetheless, Katy Perry is not Lady GaGa at all--"I Just Kissed A Girl" and "UR So Gay" notwithstanding.

To be frank, ladies and gentlemen, and invited transgendered species, I cannot help but view this controversy with nothing less than scoffing amusement. I say "amusement", because there was a time when Disney, in particular, would have engaged in this sort of thing without any controversy whatsoever.

Consider: Disney's The Little Mermaid shows the protagonist, Ariel, in a top conisting solely of a duo of seashells. That, everyone, puts Katy Perry's alleged "cleavage" to shame. Was there any controversy when that was released?

Beauty And The Beast has Belle dressed, in the dance scene, in a dress with almost the same amount of "cleavage". Was there any controversy over that?

"But Rush, But Rush--those were cartoons!"

And...your point? Certainly, cartoons are not free from controversy. I refer you to all the adult cartoons on the FOX network, etc.

But NO, there wasn't any controversy over the "cleavage" of Ariel, or Belle, or Jasmine, or Tinker Bell, or whoever. And do you know why?

Because we all knew at the time that kids don't NOTICE this kind of thing until PUBERTY! I certainly didn't! And, obviously, by the time "our children" have reached puberty, shows such as "Sesame Street" become irrelevent and immature to them!

Now, if Miss Perry were to flash the camera--or to otherwise engage in obscene, "adult" behavior--THAT would be a legitimate issue. That, indeed, is an issue throughout our culture. But--she--didn't.

And yet, these groups are thus engaging in Much Ado About Nothing--apparently, so as to reassure themselves of the fact that they are "doing something". For goodness sake, family groups of America, you have far better and far more important battles to wage over than this.

And on this allegation that Miss Perry's dress was "more suited for MTV than PBS".

Do not patronize me, sir, or ma'am. I have personally seen young post-pubescent girls playing dress-up. I assure you...the kind of attire Katy Perry wears in this sequence is significantly less uncommon and unusual than you would have us believe.

With all due respect, family groups of America, while you may have indeed suceeded in convincing Sesame Street to pull this sequence...nonetheless, through such legalistic, uber-fundamentalist, and in short, pharisaic antics as this, you are thus proceeding to make an embarrassment of yourselves.

If you truly desire to remain a legitimate force for good...please, family groups of America, I implore you, with every corner of my being...do NOT waste your time...on such trivial, unaffecting, and altogether unimportant issues...as Miss Perry's neckline.




(Crumbles up notes into a ball, throws it at camera)

Good night and good luck....

 

[RJDiogenes]

Is that what Sesame Street looks like now, with the cartoon backgrounds? Weird....

From what I have seen, Elmo has a regular segment where things happen around him within a cartoony, computer generated background. Other segments still happen on a regular set, outdoors, etc.

Well, that's cool, as long as they still have the regular street set.

The segment will not air on the television broadcast due to Americans being a bunch of Puritans. It will continue to be available online.

Just to be clear on that, it's not Americans-- it's a small group of agitators who really have no clue what being an American, an adult or a kid is all about.

Come on.. do we need to start sexualizing our kids at such an early age?

Worked for me. I am so lucky to have been a kid in the 60s....

 

[SeerSGB]

There is nothing sexual about it...the video is silliness at it's best and I spend more time looking at Katy's zany facial expressions and the craziness going on around her than looking at her cleavage...how perverted does one have to be to focus on her chest in this type of video???

I am not a fan of Katy Perry and Elmo means nothing to me...Oscar being in the video is cool...but this is fun & silly and it is the adults who have a problem. Seriously grow the fuck up.

Just look at the Halloween costumes sold for young girls. Now tell me that this video is worse than that? What Disney movies? Do they bitch about characters like Jasmine? How about when Miss Piggy beats the crap out of Kermit?

Some screwed up priorities if you ask me. If I had to choose: I'd rather my kid see some bare-legs and bare shoulders over getting the message that it's okay to abuse someone you love.

 

[FPAlpha]

Apparently i'm in the minority here but i think it's "too hot" for a kids show.

Come on.. do we need to start sexualizing our kids at such an early age?
Would it have killed Perry to get a dress that's not that low cut?

I don't mind breasts and could look at them all day long but then i'm middle 30s and not some 5 year old who has boobs thrust in his face (metaphorically speaking).

Yet, what do you do when you take your kids out to the store and some..."healthy" young-woman is showing off what God or a good plastic-surgeon gave her?

I don't see anything "sexual" in it. Then again, I can look at a woman showing some skin and not automatical thinkg "SEX!!!".

I wonder if any of the folks that complain have young daughters in a dance program? And how they feel about some of the more provocative costumes that have been the fad that last handful of years?

In most things in my life i'm quite liberal but this is something i'm quite conservative i believe.

I can't agree with women dressing that way in public, especially summer when little is left to the imagination. We are living in free countries and if there is an excuse that passes for clothing not much can be done in public about it. I just think it gives kids the wrong impression because it reduces the woman to her sexuality and that's not something i want kids to experience at an early age.. they have to learn to appreciate a person and not just the body and i believe something like that is starting early.

Women wearing clothing that clearly is meant to draw attention have no one but themselves to blame when all the men are only interested in their body and not in the person and i believe a behaviour like that is also partway to blame on media themselves that generate this image that sex sells (it will always do) and that you can only interest people in you if you have a fit and sexually attractive body.

Is that something we want to teach our children? Granted.. Perry didn't go overboard with her cleavage but still.. it's a kids show.

 

[SeerSGB]

Apparently i'm in the minority here but i think it's "too hot" for a kids show.

Come on.. do we need to start sexualizing our kids at such an early age?
Would it have killed Perry to get a dress that's not that low cut?

I don't mind breasts and could look at them all day long but then i'm middle 30s and not some 5 year old who has boobs thrust in his face (metaphorically speaking).

Yet, what do you do when you take your kids out to the store and some..."healthy" young-woman is showing off what God or a good plastic-surgeon gave her?

I don't see anything "sexual" in it. Then again, I can look at a woman showing some skin and not automatical thinkg "SEX!!!".

I wonder if any of the folks that complain have young daughters in a dance program? And how they feel about some of the more provocative costumes that have been the fad that last handful of years?

In most things in my life i'm quite liberal but this is something i'm quite conservative i believe.

I can't agree with women dressing that way in public, especially summer when little is left to the imagination. We are living in free countries and if there is an excuse that passes for clothing not much can be done in public about it. I just think it gives kids the wrong impression because it reduces the woman to her sexuality and that's not something i want kids to experience at an early age.. they have to learn to appreciate a person and not just the body and i believe something like that is starting early.

Women wearing clothing that clearly is meant to draw attention have no one but themselves to blame when all the men are only interested in their body and not in the person and i believe a behaviour like that is also partway to blame on media themselves that generate this image that sex sells (it will always do) and that you can only interest people in you if you have a fit and sexually attractive body.

Is that something we want to teach our children? Granted.. Perry didn't go overboard with her cleavage but still.. it's a kids show.

Please tell you're not using that cliche of "Well she dressed that way so..."

How a woman does or doesn't dress has no, or shouldn't have a, bearing on how they are viewed. And any man (or woman) that looks at another woman-- regardless of how she's dress-- and automatically discount her as nothing but a piece of meat or a sexual thing only, has the issue, not the woman.

 

[Holdfast]

How a woman does or doesn't dress has no, or shouldn't have a, bearing on how they are viewed.

What?

One of the key aspects of clothing is that it can influence how others view you, whether you're man, woman or child. That doesn't excuse or mitigate any potential illegal actions someone may take as a result of that influence, but to deny the influence exists is a nonsense.

Katy Perry can never wear anything too revealing for my tastes.

Amen to that.

Since hearing that story, I really can't view her as attractive, but as some random singer with a lack of fiber in her diet.

Great story.

... unless she starts singing about how she kissed a Muppet and she liked it, I don't see what the problem is.

It's not like she was giving Elmo a lap-dance.

OK, this is starting to sound hot. You two need to get together and start producing Katy Perry/muppet porn.

 

[SeerSGB]

Katy Perry can never wear anything too revealing for my tastes.

Amen to that.

Since hearing that story, I really can't view her as attractive, but as some random singer with a lack of fiber in her diet.

Great story.

... unless she starts singing about how she kissed a Muppet and she liked it, I don't see what the problem is.

It's not like she was giving Elmo a lap-dance.

OK, this is starting to sound hot. You two need to get together and start producing Katy Perry/muppet porn.

As they say, why do you think the 'net was born...

 

[Davros]

Video removed, but just going on the picture, I'd say it was a bit too revealing for a kids' show.

How?

 

[RJDiogenes]

This is how it starts. Today Sesame Street, tomorrow Avenue Q.

 

[SeerSGB]

This is how it starts. Today Sesame Street, tomorrow Avenue Q.

I'm not seeing the problem here. About time Bert and Ernie came out of the closet and pushed the beds together. And clearly the Count is a undocumented foreign national.