: Percieved Nudity and kids shows
There is a wonderful funny kids show series made by the same team that makes the Wallace and Gromet movie series called "Shaun the Sheep" These short stories have a bunch of farm animals (who do not wear cloths) and the human farmer and the dog who really runs the show for the farmer (much like Gromet does for Wallace). The sheep have a spot under their tails where their wool is not as thick which is obviously their anus but all you see is a dent in the thick wool. For some reason this gets my "oh no, nudity in a kids show!" alarm ringing in my mind. Maisy Mouse is a character in a series of kids books and now a TV show that is very simply drawn with thick lines and solid colors. Maisy has pink paws, ears, nose, and tail but the rest of her is white indicating fur. Every episode (which is a half hour made up of lots of short stand-on-their-one segments) has at least one point where Maisy gets undressed. The simple drawing style and solid white of her body makes her quite fine as a cartoon character who does not wear cloths but in this case, she takes off her dress, then her panties and undershirt to get in the bath or use the toilet... makes her definitely nude. Alvin and the Chipmonks CGI movie characters did not seem nude even though they looked rather realistic until the recording producer suggested they should wear cloths. The second movie had us used to Alvin and gang not wearing pants but wearing something. The Chipettes, female chipmonks wishing to meet our heros through the Chipmonk's record company, came and performed without cloths but seemed so nude without at least some item of clothing. Of course they had no "knotty bits" to hide as CGI characters but the expectation of clothing was established with the male chipmonk characters. Of course real animal actors side-steps the whole issue but then again I have seen films that used female animals to play male animal parts to avoid accidental scrotum and sheath sightings. Lately kids shows have been heavy with jokes and references to bodily fluids, farts and "potty humour" (same could be said of adukt fair too) but that might actually be OK if you think about it from a little kid's perspective... their lives are focused strongly on experiences involving body functions rather then any thing intellectual. As adults and specifically people concerned about pedephiles and porn messing with young minds, maybe we are too concerned about this stuff. Young kids recognise early that there are two genders and learn the differences in body parts early on. I remember one pet store with two large aquariums on the floor full of feeder mice that were supposed to all be one gender. I was finding some of the wrong gender in them and removing them just for the sake of preventing unwanted litters. Some girl about 3 year old asked me what I was doing so I told her... she proceeded to find more mice of the wrong gender then I found and she was barely able to speak yet. Was she negatively influenced? I think not.
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There is a wonderful funny kids show series made by the same team that makes the Wallace and Gromet movie series called "Shaun the Sheep" These short stories have a bunch of farm animals (who do not wear cloths) and the human farmer and the dog who really runs the show for the farmer (much like Gromet does for Wallace). The sheep have a spot under their tails where their wool is not as thick which is obviously their anus but all you see is a dent in the thick wool. For some reason this gets my "oh no, nudity in a kids show!" alarm ringing in my mind. Maisy Mouse is a character in a series of kids books and now a TV show that is very simply drawn with thick lines and solid colors. Maisy has pink paws, ears, nose, and tail but the rest of her is white indicating fur. Every episode (which is a half hour made up of lots of short stand-on-their-one segments) has at least one point where Maisy gets undressed. The simple drawing style and solid white of her body makes her quite fine as a cartoon character who does not wear cloths but in this case, she takes off her dress, then her panties and undershirt to get in the bath or use the toilet... makes her definitely nude. Alvin and the Chipmonks CGI movie characters did not seem nude even though they looked rather realistic until the recording producer suggested they should wear cloths. The second movie had us used to Alvin and gang not wearing pants but wearing something. The Chipettes, female chipmonks wishing to meet our heros through the Chipmonk's record company, came and performed without cloths but seemed so nude without at least some item of clothing. Of course they had no "knotty bits" to hide as CGI characters but the expectation of clothing was established with the male chipmonk characters. Of course real animal actors side-steps the whole issue but then again I have seen films that used female animals to play male animal parts to avoid accidental scrotum and sheath sightings. Lately kids shows have been heavy with jokes and references to bodily fluids, farts and "potty humour" (same could be said of adukt fair too) but that might actually be OK if you think about it from a little kid's perspective... their lives are focused strongly on experiences involving body functions rather then any thing intellectual. As adults and specifically people concerned about pedephiles and porn messing with young minds, maybe we are too concerned about this stuff. Young kids recognise early that there are two genders and learn the differences in body parts early on. I remember one pet store with two large aquariums on the floor full of feeder mice that were supposed to all be one gender. I was finding some of the wrong gender in them and removing them just for the sake of preventing unwanted litters. Some girl about 3 year old asked me what I was doing so I told her... she proceeded to find more mice of the wrong gender then I found and she was barely able to speak yet. Was she negatively influenced? I think not.
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