Ben Shapiro's Bluey Knockoff is Unsurprisingly Bad

[@richietozier7091]

The real moral of Barbie Princess and the Pauper was that if your fruity advisor is constantly smirking and laughing evilly, chances are they're planning to steal the throne

[@josephdavis9234]

"Your grace, he means you harm."

[@Ciana2024]

😂😂😂😂this made me giggle.i completely agree.

[@Magical_Trash]

😂😂🤣🤣

[@gwendolynstata3775]

​@@josephdavis9234God, I love Jenny Nicholson.

[@monageeuk6504]

Oh my heck, Preminger being called fruity is excellent 😂

[@ThatGreenMach1ne]

You know what's funny? Bluey is treated better, and acts far more behaved than Chip does. Chip acts entitled even though his parents are stricter.

[@veronikamajerova4564]

Yeah, wonder why that is? Maybe because strict parenting leads to feelings of frustration, that will come out sooner or later in form of agression? Or because kids learn by copying behavior of their role models (most notably parents)?

[@slavishentity6705]

Pointing that out would be woke. Just keep quiet and don't be a tattle.

[@Suited_Nat]

@@slavishentity6705What are you even trying to say lmao

[@Suited_Nat]

@@veronikamajerova4564yep, that’s the irony XD And then when the kid does something terrible as an adult, the parents are like: my precious child could never !2!2!2!!2 Like yes they fucking can.

[@cloudly_cane1534]

⁠@@Suited_NatThey’re mocking conservatives and criticizing their thought process. “Oh nooo! What do you mean kids are people and how they’re treated affects their behavior?? That’s too woke for me! Kids are supposed to be seen, not heard.”

[@AppleCinderr]

I like how they made sure BLUE FOR BOY PINK FOR GIRL‼️‼️‼️‼️ and GIRL HAVE LONG HAIR‼️ The mom’s hair and lipstick also put me into a fight or flight response.

[@greenjellybeanz]

"Pink chinchilla with human hair and lips isn't real, it can't hurt you" Also pink chinchilla with human hair and lips:

[@DannyFelix-j8c]

True hahaha

[@Heretowatchvideos123]

The mom has a Karen cut 💀💀💀

[@nekovalley]

Ben really said “what if we did bluey but for parents who think their kids are stupid”

[@sabersin5368-c2c]

Well frankly you are stupid, but it’ll be a cold day in hell before you accept that any time soon.

[@sallybanner]

that really is it

[@spunchflopbadpants]

@@sabersin5368-c2c Someone’s mad lol

[@mariemoyer975]

A minor thing I noticed about the character design is that in Chip Chilla, they clearly established the gender of the characters. Both the mom and sister are designed with “feminine” colors, clothes, and hairstyles. They also have eyelashes. I know there were questions on Bluey’s gender due to her color scheme following initial release. And in general, there’s no clear gendering of the characters besides pronouns. Visually, Bluey doesn’t comply to gender stereo types, the characters even play with gender neutral toys, everyone has fun and leads various stories regardless of gender.

[@mikelujanable]

are you one of those gender benders?

[@rosathequeen]

Many shows are not gender neutral, we don’t live in a gender neutral world. Because the contrast between the two sexes in our hierarchical society is so high, men and women in mostly all cultures and societies have things attributed to them, what they should be, etc. nothing strange here with how gender is portrayed. Just typical. There’s also no obligation to be gender neutral, regardless of the western worlds ongoing politicizations of the topic. What I would like to see is a show that portrays children breaking gender norms a bit, like tomboys and boys doing engaging in “feminine” activities, which, I can’t even think of one show that does that.

[@mikelujanable]

@@rosathequeen Is that what the dna says? Not our fault muslims don't have womens rights. So you want kids that break common normalcies? That's pretty sick. I think the parents should be able to choose what their child is taught. Why would you take a wholesome thing and screw it up to further your own ideal for your child. Get your priorities straight because you are dangerous.

[@GORE_KING]

man. "parents should be able to choose what their child is taught" isnt even trying to hide the fact that you dont want your children to become independent people, merely just a shadow of yourself. good parents should be able to teach their children necessary lessons, things like personal safety and manners and how to tie your shoelaces, but beyond that, children grow up to be adults who should have their own views of the world and their own ways of managing their own problems. don't try and fit anyone into a mold of what you want them to be because *that* is the true danger.

[@mariemoyer975]

@@rosathequeen to be fair, Bluey does technically somewhat break gender roles as gender isn’t a relevant topic within the series. Many stories in Bluey don’t hinge on the gender of characters/even establish gender roles in the first place. TLDR, Bluey breaks gender norms bc gender norms aren’t recognized in the show.

[@Meadowlarkk]

Teaching kids that’s it’s bad to tattle or tell adults when someone does something bad is literally the first step to grooming like and the fact they teach this to the girl child I can’t…

[@kingkingo1841]

They sad only to do it when it is important. Dude chill out.

[@Flow-Fi-]

@@kingkingo1841 Isn’t one component of grooming that the kid doesn’t recognize the danger and red flags in the relationship? They don’t think it’s important in the sense of “tattling”/worthy of being reported as bad?

[@koichidignitythief7429]

They don't want girls to tell people she's being raped.

[@msjkramey]

I'm not a fan of this right wing propaganda stuff (especially when directed at kids), but I don't think that we need to immediately jump to the groomer conclusion. I was a bit of a tattletale when I was in kindergarten or 1st grade or something like that, and my grandmother told me to knock it off and to only tattle if it was actually important, like someone breaking a safety rule. Telling a kid that no one is allowed to touch them if they don't want them to and that no one is allowed to touch their "swimsuit area" is an easy boundary to teach your child for themselves and others, and an easy exception to set up to the "no tattling" rule

[@marshmallowloaf]

​@@kingkingo1841Bro the very first step in grooming is "Planting the seed". First it's "Tattling is bad! But make sure to report bad things!" And then further obscure that meaning until the only "Bad" thing is the idea that it may get an abuser in trouble/reprimanded. In the very episode itself, she thought it was WORTH reporting, and the adult character scolded her rather than letting her know that telling an trusted adult first is good but that it may hurt her friend's feelings if she published it. Besides how in what way would she know this is bad? Maybe rather than tattling, the lesson should be about what you share about others secrets may harm them? Like?? The kid is picking his nose, tattling is a weird as hell way to spread that message across. Especially when it's framed in such a way "Trust your instincts, this is bad to report" Sounds overall really gross and downright weird

[@Butterfly-ql4pg]

The thing about Bluey is that it actually acknowledges parents aren't perfect and mess up sometimes, but heaven forbid conservative adults be forced to admit that parents don't always know what's best for their kids 🤐

[@munk3064]

No, kids should not have much autonomy. You get a mess of a new generation, like Gen Z.

[@joeysasscheeks5215]

@@munk3064you’re a flop

[@genericname2747]

​@@munk3064And you proved their point perfectly.

[@l.c.8475]

The concept of imperfect Authority figures breaks conservative rhetoric

[@munk3064]

@@genericname2747 No I didn't. Some people can be wrong but kids should not have too much independence because they are just kids. Adults are wiser.

[@bottlenosedolphin1703]

7:20 I love how they oversimplified the "american flag" and just turned it into the flag of liberia, super patriotic but they can´t even get their own flag right

[@farfetchdthegamer3810]

Thank you, thought I was the only one who noticed that

[@ace-_1344]

I scrolled so far to see a comment abt this LMAO

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

Yeah. Conservatives are super patriotic about their country, yet the show can't draw the flag of USA right. That's the most un-American thing ever.

[@UnderworldPrincesslol]

In their defense... having to draw fifty stars on a small blue rectangle can be pretty hard for some artists. But they should've just added about 5-15 stars as simplification instead.

[@pllanettary]

if i had a nickel for every time a conservative made a kids show with essentially a fursona mascot i'd have 2 nickels! which is deeply concerning!

[@kittykittybangbang9367]

What's the other one?

[@NikkiTheOtter]

Only two? That's surprising.

[@RaeCharm]

@@NikkiTheOtter I have to guess that's only because conservatives like to talk about making children's shows more than they like making them.

[@pennyblush98]

no but fr what's the other one

[@pllanettary]

@@pennyblush98 fucking pragerU kids somehow, not massively but they have a re-occuring character in a damn dog suit,,,, its not inherently a furry thing but Man! man! man is it funny to imagine the prager himself pitching to add his fursona

[@hive-sys]

I cannot understate how much I hate that they made them chinchillas. I mean, I hate that they made this regardless, but why do you gotta use such amazing animals for this slop?

[@gerbil_is_typing]

I was just about to comment how much I resent them for that.

[@farfetchdthegamer3810]

Exactly. Chinchillas, along with baby shorebirds and possibly Mega Altaria, are the embodiment of “it’s so fluffy I think I’m gonna die”

[@MermaidMakes]

What's even funnier is that Chinchillas are native to South America. Chile, which is about as south as you can get down there. If you're gonna go with this "All American" shtick at least pick an animal native to the US.

[@fennelsbian]

I couldn't stop laughing when I saw they picked chinchillas, they couldn't have picked the worst animals for a show to cartoonify-you literally cannot make chinchillas any cuter than they already are!?

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

@@MermaidMakesWhile the dogs on Bluey aren’t even dingos which makes them colonizers

[@natalie__jade]

One the many great things about Bluey is that it feels genuine and real and the lessons aren't contrived. Conservative themes aside this is just another goofy kids show.

[@gh0stpuppi333]

Bluey is just actually the shit. Show fucking slaps

[@ovider6625]

it’s just another show with coloured animals as family members learning life lessons like so many other shows have done it isn’t a rip off just a new show.

[@fernleafie]

Bluey is incredibly excellent. It’s so good that parents can enjoy the show with their children. The emotions evoked are also very strong. Honestly? 10/10.

[@korayven9255]

@@ovider6625 The creators of this show literally changed the art style after the initial announcement to match the Bluey art style after Bluey blew up. You can even tell by how lazy and static many of the backgrounds are that this was not the original art style and that a lot of things had to be changed on the fly. In summary: it's _definitely_ a low quality rip-off. Hell, Australians themselves agree, and loathe, that it's it a low-quality rip-off of Bluey.

[@ovider6625]

@@korayven9255 do you have any proof? And dude it’s a kid show plus they are already working on other projects that need more attention like an entire movie. Plus this artwork has been literally everywhere since bluey blew up I can make the same argument for puss in boots 2 having ripped off the animation from spiderverse and no one would care. So why now? Why when they do it it’s bad but when everyone else rides the coattails of a popular animation style they get praised.

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

Considering that Ben Shapiro gets salty over his failed screenwriting career in Hollywood (let alone the fact that his cousin, who is the actress of Matilda, becomes successful than him), then it's no surprise that he has outdone himself with another unsuccessful attempt to enter the entertainment industry. This show is basically "We have Bluey at home".

[@Markus2E5I6]

He's related to Matilda's actress, that's kind of cool

[@BloodMarket]

Wait wait lets back it up a bit. Hes related to Matilda's actress??? Excuse me??

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

@@Markus2E5I6 It's a good thing that Mara Wilson disavowed Ben Shapiro's views on conservative and leaned more on the progressive side. Plus, both of them have no contact with each other.

[@Jermbot15]

Bluey with 100% more Rob Schneider.

[@thisrandomperson1843]

I actually looked up how old Mara Wilson(the actress from Matilda) is, and I was very surprised to learn she's 36(as of when I Googled this), and I now feel old thinking about that.

[@ethanharmon7343]

The fact that they use the metaphor of parents and children in place of rich and poor is very telling about how they see poor people. Especially considering what they think children are like.

[@-._.-KRiS-._.-]

Because they honestly think Wealth = God's favor. God loves you more the more money you have.

[@FrenkTheJoy]

@@-._.-KRiS-._.- I seriously don't get how people end up with that impression. The Bible is extremely clear that money rots the soul, that it's easier to get a camel through the eye of a needle than it is to get a rich man into heaven - although I know for that one some GENIUS just told everyone that there's some super wide gate in the middle east called "the needle" so like oh it's easier to get an animal through a 100 foot wide gate than it is for a rich guy to get to heaven, no metaphor here - and Jesus flipping over the tables in the temple and whatnot.

[@mr.x2567]

@@-._.-KRiS-._.-quite possibly.

[@2bdaqueen268]

⁠@@-._.-KRiS-._.- which is hilarious considering a boatload of stories from Bible say otherwise

[@llisaa8128]

That being a poor person has no responsibility while showing the prince working in the fields . That’s a responsibilty

[@MrZega000]

Bluey set a standard for how good a kid's show can actually be. People that have the argument, "It's just a kid's show and you're an adult" are missing the point. As a parent you have to watch the damn thing too. Other good shows I grew up with were Little Bear, Blue's Clues, Kipper, and Rupert. Don't let the fact that it's a kid's show excuse bad writing, animation, and uninspired episodes.

[@-._.-KRiS-._.-]

Bluey honestly helps teach me how to be a better parent because I didn't have good examples from my parents to learn from. I had bad parents. I think they must believe all households are like Leave It to Beaver, no bad parenting possible. This is just not how reality works. Another good children's show is Puffin Rock. I discovered both Puffin Rock and Bluey from mommy forums who recommended children's shows that didn't make you want to peel all your skin off with a potato peeler.

[@caseylovesthesharks]

This!! I love Kipper! So sweet and wholesome!!

[@FrenkTheJoy]

All of those shows were my JAM, just throw in Maggie and the Ferocious Beast as well.

[@frisbyart]

I HATE the whole “why are you so worried about a kids show? You’re too old” argument. Uhh, yeah but cartoons can be enjoyed by adults too, and it’s ESPECIALLY important when adults focus on making a good cartoon, because when you use “It’s for kids, they don’t care” you get cartoons for kids that are either one-dimensional, lazy, ugly, and even terrible for kids. These are the same people who’d justify crap like Caillou or Barney, but think a cartoon that teaches kids to be respectful, and no judge others is “woke.”

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

@@frisbyart Yeah. That whole "animation is made for kids" is cliche considering that animation is suitable for all ages and can be a work of art on its own rights.

[@sapphic.flower]

The moral of each story is so contrived, especially when there exists Bluey episodes that tackle the same ideas but do it in a way thats more personable and memorable. The parents in Bluey are also idealized because they're willing to communicate to and learn from their kids. The Chip episode where the lesson is to not complain about your parents feels like the antithesis to that. Especially because a lot of the time, kids have valid complaints and maybe they just have a hard time articulating it?? But a lot of kid shows make it just look like kids are ungrateful and parents are all knowing. Like the first episode of Chip is a dumb one but i also think if Chip feels like they never get first turns because they're a middle child, that's actually worth addressing?? But some parents just dont want to consider their kids needs that deeply...

[@captainnemo7690]

The role-reversal gag, which I've definitely seen in some other cartoons, has always aggravated me for that exact reason. Writers never seem to consider that maybe the reason kids are frustrated is that they're right. At the very least, a lot of adults could do a much better job of explaining *why* things are the way they are. The Chip episode actually starts with a great opportunity to do exactly that: using a stove can be really dangerous, and it's not about being the first to have a privilege, but reaching the point where you can safely cope with a specific responsibility. And, at least in my own experience, when kids take things for granted, it's probably because something has been getting done invisibly, in the background, their whole lives (that is, if you've literally never seen a load of laundry done, you might not respect the labor that goes into it). The fact that they, justifiably, sometimes cannot recognize that does not invalidate any complaints and frustrations they have. I also always come back to the point that children don't bear any responsibility for being born. Any adult who has this instinct to punish children for needing parenting is instantly suspicious to me.

[@sapphic.flower]

@@captainnemo7690 exactly. Also it makes no sense that the catalyst of that episode was Chip wanting to use the stove when he reasonably shouldn't be allowed to. But rather than just explaining why, the parents tell him it's because his sister is older and the rest of the episode is Chip wanting to go first at everything for playtime which is entirely different??? I feel like conflating a kid's genuine concern or lack of understanding to being selfish is just so dismissive and doesn't end up teaching kids anything.

[@ravenanne1734]

​@@sapphic.flower I mean, it's super accurate to bad parent thinking unfortunately 😂. They think kids are too stupid to understand "adult" reasons and have to come up with "kid" reasons when children are literally information sponges capable of learning at incredible speeds. The fact I've seen people do this in real life boggles my mind, how are people so bad at being parents?? It's common sense!

[@pompe221]

Bluey does lots of things very well and showing how adults make mistakes and learn lessons is one of them.

[@melodyscorpion6606]

Ben Shapiro doesn’t like kids despite being anti abortion and anti birth control and anti childfree... shocker.

[@richietozier7091]

The mother is giving me "depressed 50s housewife abusing prescription drugs so she doesn't indulge her fantasies of committing murder-suicide" vibes

[@tobydandelion]

Oh no... the chinchillas having super air conditioning is actually clever! 😭 Their natural habitat is frozen mountain peaks, they do in fact enjoy temperatures just below freezing. The show had one good joke and it may have been an accident, lol

[@harryjamesmiller]

i didn't know that! it is funny that real chinchillas live in frozen mountains but when it gets cold in the show all the chinchillas feel frigid

[@nlpnt]

They just carried over the Heelers' Aussie-spec A/C unit even though they live in Idaho...

[@motivated2473]

Yeah, God forbid you pathetic losers have something nice to say about a Cartoon made from a guy whose political views you don't agree with xd

[@-._.-KRiS-._.-]

@@nlpnt They live in Idaho? Then, to be accurate, they better also be LDS and either own a ranch or a sugar beet farm.

[@nlpnt]

@@-._.-KRiS-._.- I made that up on the spot. Not many states sufficiently red and far north to make the joke work :)

[@Twelvecrow]

Just a reminder, chinchillas are native to South America, more specifically the Andes Mountains. So the family is essentially all immigrants

[@-._.-KRiS-._.-]

Which is what the US is made up of, to be fair.

[@EpicElf42]

oh yeah they definitely didn't think that one through huh?

[@j.j2998]

why not make them eagles instead, that american

[@tdb7992]

Bluey was a beautiful love letter to childhood and life in Australia. It was the first time many of us Aussies had seen such a thing reflected back to us as we tend to import children’s television. It’s so strange seeing an American take on it.

[@westcoastwulf]

*a conservative take on it trust me as an American i think Chip Chilla is terrible

[@makocrab2223]

Bluey is incredible. One of the single best shows out there. Not just among cartoons, but among all shows. It was bound to give rise to wannabes and cheap imitations. But nothing beats the original. :)

[@ember9361]

yet again the americans just rip off something foreign and "give their own spin" with 0 acknowledgements. Happens ALL the time in film "adaptations".

[@idontwantahandlethough]

Bluey is the bee's knees! This nonsense.. this is not. (like the other person said, the majority of Americans hate shit like this. It's blatant propaganda. That said, there's still a [much larger than is acceptable] proportion of people that think this crap is a good thing, so I'm not going to pretend that there isn't a huge problem lol. Not that anyone on earth doesn't know our country has a huge problem)

[@boop3nowurded538]

​@@ember9361pls dont group us w the assholes 😭 Normal ppl ignore/dislike ben shapiro

[@jonathankent1517]

The episode where the parents act like kids really is the DW writers telling on themselves on what they think children are. To conservatives, all children are unruly, chaotic, obnoxious little bastards when left to their own devices and they need to be controlled. They can't be trusted to make their own choices because they will always make the wrong choice without fail. But more importantly, the real lesson of the episode is "Know your place. Don't try to be something you're not, even if the thing you currently are makes you unhappy. If you're not satisfied with you're lot in life, tough shit. It's what you were born as and so it's what you will always be." This is the conservative worldview at it's core. And this is what Chip Chilla, and all the other conservative media out there is about. It's not about teaching children actually useful life lessons, it's just about imposing their conservative ideology on to them. Because you see, conservatives do not care about children. At all. What they care about is preserving and propagating their ideology and children are nothing more than empty vessels to imprint that ideology on to.

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

True. It's ironic that conservatives told everyone to "think about the children" yet they only used children as an excuse to get what they want, which it's the "moral panic" phenomenon in a nutshell. _"Know your place. Don't try to be something your not, even if the things you currently are makes you unhappy. If you're not satisfied with your in life, then tough sh••. It's what you were born as and so it's what you will be."_ Wow! The episode's lesson feels pretty dystopian if I were you.

[@block4562]

They only care about children as far as they will eventually be conservative adults, you know as long as they strictly adhere to their conservative parents demands

[@asdfasgdfgsd107]

What you described isn't just conservatives, but obnoxious political extremists that insert their ideology everywhere. It is annoying, especially when you are trying to enjoy media

[@stephenmymomtoldmenottoput1459]

Your critique is completely unfair. The moral of the episode is to learn to view things from another person's POV. The daughter literally says that in the clip that he showed.

[@uniquenewyork3325]

It's easier for them to say kids are just bratty and ridiculous so they can excuse their parenting

[@katethecrazy2005]

I love how they literally just decided to change the whole point of The Prince and the Pauper. The whole fucking point was that the prince realized that the pauper's life was much harder than his life as a prince, not because it "lacked responsibilities" but because it was plauged by inequality and injustice. Mark Twain is rolling in his grave.

[@camrynbrewer2370]

Yes. I feel like even the Mickey Mouse version got that right!

[@aromaladyellie]

I will say like the “parents switch with kids” feels like a Bluey plot but they make it bad. Like I can absolutely see Bluey and Bingo thinking being a kid is unfair so Bandit starts acting like a kid and gets Chilli in on it.

[@harryjamesmiller]

for real!

[@-._.-KRiS-._.-]

I could absolutely see an episode of Bluey where the kids have to give Bandit a bedtime routine and get him to go to bed, but he refuses, and it turns into one giant fun (but exhausting) game where they all end up curled up together fast asleep on the floor before Chili discovers them and covers them with a blanket.

[@bigpapamagoo8696]

It always baffles me when parents think that ruling over their children with an iron fist and refusing to ever listen to them or change their minds abut things is a good way to raise a kid. Don’t you want your kid to have critical thinking skills? I guess not, because if they have those then they’ll be able to figure out your politics are stupid.

[@F1areon]

Nope! It's alllll about obedience and Respecting Your Elders (tm) for them

[@josephm1762]

Yeah no having grown up in a conservative household I can tell you for sure they don't want their kids to think for themselves at all. They want their kids to be perfect copies of them, and if they grow up to be any different and think for themselves clearly it's because they were "groomed" by "the woke mob" or "liberal socialists" or whatever term they're using for people who aren't them these days.

[@llisaa8128]

Yes families should be built on mutual respect

[@eggzuki]

ben shapiro should be in the snow white movie in drag as the evil queen

[@itspixel2841]

Now THAT i would watch

[@Cinnabun9]

"Mirror mirror on the wall, let's say hypothetically, I'm the fairest of them all"

[@derekb4977]

​@@itspixel2841 as a gay man I prefer to watch Brett copper snow white than Disney snow white.

[@mrmolo70]

@@derekb4977Okay? And?

[@derekb4977]

@@mrmolo70 anyone who supports gender identity is homophobic and misogynistic.

[@bobi200samatar6]

I did journalism for three years, and the news episode is specifically ticking me off. I'm not expecting a preschool cartoon to go terribly in-depth, but the fact that they just stip at 'use your judgement' 'and don't tattle' and don't explain that at all is just ugh. Newsworthiness comes from recency, proximity, importance and uniqueness. It could have been a really fun episode of them running down the list until they find a newsworthy story.

[@harmonylinder9913]

Ben Shapiro was probably class tattle until the end of high school

[@juliamavroidi8601]

The "good judgement" bit was so frustrating. Education is about helping children develop skills like good judgement. The father just demands from the girl to possess this skill noone has taught her and then reprimands her for getting it wrong.

[@-._.-KRiS-._.-]

@@juliamavroidi8601 That's exactly how my mother used to act. "Well, you should have just known that 'A' would happen!" How? How in the ever lovin' tarnation would I 'just know' what the outcome would be for something I had never ever experienced before?

[@AdaireKrickets]

​@-._.-KRiS-._.- Most people don't understand that having and raising children is a constant effort that requires self reflection, emotional intelligence, and PATIENCE. Many have children because that's what your supposed to do, and then act shocked and angry when any inconvenience or effort has to made. My parents except us to know everything or learn it the first time right. They gave up on teaching me to speak, read, even tying my shoes. All stuff I did learn in my own time and unfortunately, alone. I wish more people understood babies and children are learning to human for the first time.

[@FrenkTheJoy]

I'm not surprised that lesson was terrible, but like "news is only when something like someone getting hurt happens" like no it isn't?? I always hate "don't tattle" lessons on tv shows too, because they're never really good at explaining what the difference is between tattling and telling an adult that someone else is doing something wrong. Even as an adult the only thing I can figure out is tattling uses a whiny tone of voice.

[@_emory]

Ben trying to emulate something as wholesome and warm as bluey is deeply disgusting

[@jankoleon3785]

Ben is wholesome though.

[@_emory]

@@jankoleon3785 agree to disagree 🤝

[@PixieMeat_444]

@@jankoleon3785 😟

[@lazuliisanidiot]

@@jankoleon3785😨

[@gummyneighborino7217]

​@@_emory no, we need not agree to disagree on this,ben shapiro is objectively a shit person

[@benjaminmcelroy6894]

Fun fact! The actress playing the mom is Laura Osnes. She was a Broadway actress who got into a controversy during the pandemic of being fired from a concert production of the musical "Crazy For You" due to refusing to get vaccinated. Regardless of what you think about that she proceeded to release an album comparing herself to Jesus after being "cancelled".

[@boop3nowurded538]

I hate ppl like that 😭

[@-._.-KRiS-._.-]

I wonder how many lepers she has cured since then?

[@uniquenewyork3325]

For a group that talks so much about blasphemy and sin they sure do compare themselves to Jesus a lot

[@FrenkTheJoy]

Oh lmao I had no idea that was her. She's one of the unenviable few who have been quietly "we don't want to renew a working relationship with you"ed by Hallmark (the others are Candace Cameron Bure and Danica McKeller who both jumped ship for that GAC network, Candace because of Hallmark not supporting "family values", which I'm sure is one of the weirdest things you've ever heard.)

[@MadameCorgi]

​@@FrenkTheJoyahhk, I'm cackling

[@solarmoth4628]

Bluey should end their copycats like Gumball.

[@lazuliisanidiot]

exactly

[@Cinnabun9]

Yeah, maybe they can do it in their own way too. While gumball did it with by making the copycats die from driving a truck off a bridge, bluey can help teach the other chinchilla family about how to raise kids properly instead of being too strict with them or something. It could be a wholesome episode in contrast of the funny meta humor for gumball. Or maybe I'm just rambling idk I don't watch bluey often

[@yourtimetraveleralara]

yeah

[@lazuliisanidiot]

@@Cinnabun9 OHH RHATS CUTE

[@SuperFloxes]

I might be looking way too deep into things, but I can't help but notice something about the kids compared to Bluey. The family in Bluey has two daughters, neither of whom have any obvious 'gendering' to the point where both Bluey and Bingo are often mistaken for boys. The family in THIS show, however, is mostly boys, which wouldn't normally be sus on its own but becomes kinda sus when it's ripping off a show with mostly girls in the main cast. And, of course, the girls in the family are pink with bows and eyelashes while the boys are just blue. I dunno, when it comes from a conservative streaming site it really seems like they're trying to enforce a 'gender dichotomy' or something.

[@_kaleido]

I definitely noticed the second point too, just from the thumbnail you can tell that the producers were thinking “we must make sure the female characters look like Girl”

[@aceclop]

Also I find it weird how the girl was first to cook but a boy was the first in space.

[@NikkiTheOtter]

It certainly does align with their behavior outside of kids animation, trying to enforce an artificial dichotomy through stereotyping.

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

Blue from Blue’s Clues got mistaken for a boy a lot as well. Even though Steve used female pronouns for her.

[@fr33f4l4st1ne]

i think Bluey rocks for making the dog girls look like dogs rather than making sure they read as "Girl". Youre definitely not looking too deep into this, Shapiro and his ilk absolutely did that shit on purpose and they are constantly harassing trans people and transness and enforcing strict gender binary and roles as biological fact.

[@keys4784]

I like how the creators of "Chip Chilla" were so triggered by the non-gendered colour schemes for the characters that they had to go out of their way to make all the girl chinchillas pink and all the boy chinchillas blue as to not confuse our "poor American children".

[@keys4784]

@sjwsmasher4398 I'm not the one pointlessly gendering colours. Whether you're trolling or legit your account is sad and pathetic. Go do something that sparks joy or is enjoyable. Consider even touching grass. I won't entertain your foolery further

[@akhimahathir2004]

​@sjwsmasher4398L

[@fishdude2954]

@sjwsmasher4398 Ok non-sequitur response Happy 12th Birthday by the way

[@keys4784]

@@fishdude2954 That comment was so poorly formulated that it wasn't even worth responding to for me, but I appreciate your support FishDude2954.

[@littleguy8714]

You know I’ve seen some parents whose kids love Bluey say their kids wanted to start doing some of the activities specific to Australian kids. (Like fairy bread etc) and I wonder if they partly made this bc kids were wanting to participate in other cultures and not the “American” traditions. Idk that sounds a bit like a reach but I have seen a lot of tik tok moms talking about how badly their kids want to do stuff from Bluey!

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

Like me when I moved to Hawaii and my kindergarten teacher who like a lot of Hawaiians was Japanese-American and taught me about Japanese traditions such as Girl’s Day and I woke my mom up early on Girl’s Day wanting to celebrate it.

[@peach4246]

I genuinely love the games from bluey, especially taxi and neighbor despite being extremely annoying my niece is in love, and that's what's important

[@augustuslunasol10thapostle]

Lmao American tradition i find it laughable something that isnt even over a hundred years old is treated like its some tradition the fucking founding fathers invented

[@firewolf950tfwgaming7]

I think that’s in the realm of possibility, Peppa Pig got some flack with how American kids watching seemingly adopted British accents.

[@NadiraJamal]

Interesting! If it’s true, it wouldn’t be the first time. The pilgrims didn’t come to the new world to practice their religion. That was an issue in England, but not once they moved to the Netherlands. They left there because they were concerned that their children were becoming “too Dutch”.

[@aceclop]

I feel like it's no coincidence that the girl was the first to cook but one of the boys was first in space.

[@SiRenfield]

The latter you could argue might be reading too much but I DEFINITELY noticed the girl being the first to be taught to cook. I mean at best the fact that Chip was disappointed that he wasn’t could imply isn’t so conservative that men are discouraged from cooking entirely, but it’s still eyebrow raising

[@deen7530]

And during the reporter game, the mom was like "But what do I know, I'm just a secretary." I'm sure that doesn't mean anything at all.

[@spunchflopbadpants]

LOL

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

Yeah. At least Ratatouille did the cooking better because at the end of the day, anyone can cook.

[@fragiskostsadanis6123]

Can we stop with the colour coding for boy and girl characters

[@harryjamesmiller]

PLEASE

[@dracocrusher]

Not to get too forced, but is it just me or is this show kind-of casually sexist...? The older sister just gives up on being the first one on the moon while Chip keeps being like "Yeah, I deserve it because I'm THE OLDEST (man)" just for the youngest brother to get there first. And then they start the press thing and the mom is 'just a secretary', because of course she wouldn't be the one managing anything in their game of play pretend. And then the Tattling lesson is given to the girl because it's a pretty obvious stand-in for unfavorable news articles about Trump. I know there's an episode about facing your fears and the lesson's supposed to go to the girl but then the boy steals it. Presumably because "It's fine for girls to feel afraid, but for guys it's a problem". I feel like I should be giving things more of the benefit of the doubt. But it's also The Daily Wire, so I'm probably so much more right than I even realize right now.

[@xenrusxenomorph2268]

I think that unconscious/ possibly conscious bias in their show is reinforcing their idea of gender essentialism that they desperately want to reinforce no matter how it makes their show look. I also think it just might be tying the idea of that essentialism into how we are supposed to have men and women act because... They want to have it that way. I had a point to think but I think the actual point is that this show is supposed to basically teach kids how the world (in their eyes) works and it fails badly because there really is no good soul for the writing to stand up on.

[@sarah3796]

Yes yes yes. This gross undercurrent of sexism.

[@dracocrusher]

@@edgerunnerbee ... Why isn't the story about her then? Or about her and her brother competing the entire time and they have to both have to learn the lesson? Like it's not really nefarious or a big deal or anything, but once you notice it it's hard to unsee.

[@sabersin5368-c2c]

You are absolutely adorable. I find this hilarious because when I grew up watching kids cartoons, I’m pretty sure 90% of the time there’s this trope where the girl is somehow superior to the boy physically, intellectually, or just at any type of skill in general. Get over it lmao.

[@dracocrusher]

@@sabersin5368-c2c Gonna be real, I'm really trying to think and I'm not coming up with many examples. Maybe Spongebob and Sandy, but that's just one side character and you also have Plankton as a rival scientist...? Kim Possible does the thing, but she's also the main character so it makes sense that the sidekick would be incompetent. Hard to imagine it's 90%.when I've got maybe two examples out of all the shows I'm trying to think of in my childhood. Arthur doesn't do it, Dexter does the opposite, Foster's Home has nothing, Ed Edd and Eddy, Courage the Cowardly Dog... MAYBE Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy does it, but I don't know if Mandy is 'superior' when she's just straight-up evil. The crap did you grow up with where that was 90% of cartoons you watched???

[@pbkathleen]

the funniest part about the american flag call out at 7:18 is that those are straight up liberian flags because they were too lazy to put more stars 🇱🇷

[@conspiracypanda1200]

Knowing that this was made by conservative Americans and what that demographic is like, I can't help but tie current events into the "lesson" for each episode: Reporters, despite their entire job being to _report_ all kinds of happenings, shouldn't "tattle" = constant reporting on the crimes of a certain ex-president is basically one of the better known conservative trigger buttons. Kids shouldn't complain about how their parents raise them or assume they could do a better job when they finally grow up = a lot of young american adults have cut their hyper-conservative family members out of their lives over the last few years and are now raising their own children without their abusive/hostile parents' influence. I'm of course giving the most despicable possible interpretation here, but being from Australia myself and seeing how these people decided to twist the Bluey model into one of control and punishment instead of understanding and adjustments has me squinting with a bit more suspicion than usual.

[@GeneralKenobi75]

Yep. Sounds like typical conservative "morals" to me.

[@gwendolynstata3775]

The Chillas kids are also homeschooled because public schools have queer people in them and will tell you that slavery existed.

[@sloopygoop]

Yeah... "tattling" is in fact, an important part of journalism: holding the people in power accountable. Guess we can't have that!

[@FrenkTheJoy]

If you're giving the most despicable interpretation it's only because they deserve it at this point.

[@kingkingo1841]

Dude ut is a kids show chill out😅

[@tlucas7031]

I find this interesting in comparison to older conservative kids shows. There have been plenty of low budget kids shows espousing conservative values in the past, but those were mostly religious programming that taught more general moral lessons. Think Davey and Goliath or the early years of Veggie Tales. Point is, those shows taught general morals like, “Be kind to others,” and “Don’t lie,” with appeals to the Bible, sure, but the lessons were universal enough to have value outside of the target audience as well. Some of these newer shows, like this, or Prager U’s version of this, are more straightforward political indoctrination. And I think that’s indicative of the political right’s shift away from the heavily religious right of the past, towards the Trumpist right that pays lip service to Christianity while disregarding the elements of it that are inconvenient to their own power.

[@AmbassadorKat]

I used to love Davey & Goliath when I was little, didn’t even realise it was a religious show until I was like in my 20s and Moral Orel came out on Adult Swim

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

At least Veggie Tales is way better show than that Chip show.

[@aliceh5289]

Veggie Tales even had a socialist song in it once (the opening song in the chocolate factory episode)

[@derekb4977]

As a gay man I'd much rather watch bible conservative shows than the woke crap the left jerp putting out.

[@MatecaCorp]

@@derekb4977 yeah I totally believe that you’re gay lol

[@TiktokBurnedMyCrops]

My mother is a homemaker who homeschooled me, and I hate how they portray the mother in this show. The official character descriptions list personality traits and likes that make them at least semi interesting. Meanwhile, the mom’s personality is literally summed up as- “a warm, loving caretaker.” Okay, cool. Anything else you want to put there? No? Only the husband and kids get actual personalities? Oh, that’s right, Apparently a woman has to forfeit her human identity the minute she chooses to become a stay at home mom. Also, the dad is a dolt who merrily causes wanton property damage to his own home to teach lessons. Just what you want kids to emulate.

[@SlushysSecret]

I'd rather watch a whole damn circus than this

[@Cinnabun9]

​@@SlushysSecretthis show is a circus

[@SlushysSecret]

@@Cinnabun9 nah it's far worse

[@Cinnabun9]

@@SlushysSecret this show is a circus, but on fire

[@SlushysSecret]

@@Cinnabun9 yea some where between there

[@nixchelle]

So just like… they know Disney doesn’t make Bluey right? They just have licensing

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

Bluey isn’t even overtly “woke” is it? I’ve even heard the Woke people complaining about it not being diverse or inclusive enough or something which is weird considering the characters are dogs. Maybe they need some dingo characters who are like Aboriginals.

[@cashomnitrix]

I doubt it.

[@jooree7696]

How do you make a "woke-free" version of Bluey? It's already like one of the most innocent and apolitical shows to get popular recently

[@ambersummer2685]

Now I’m all for “If you don’t see what you want, make it yourself” but why do religious conservatives seem to turn it into making alternatives or copy cats to music and entertainment that already exist instead of making creative original ideas? Like Veggie Tales is a good example. It’s stands out on its own and iconic compared to other Christian content in its time.

[@PJDMC5306]

Ironically, the guy who created VeggieTales is now hated by Dailywire type folks for being too "woke". Go figure.

[@Its_Asteria]

See your points are a more grounded point than just "conservative evil" type comment. Im.not conservative by any means. Maybe a little right leaning but I'm not. It just annoys me how much people go "liberal bad" "conservative bad" without highlighting any strengths that were done right. Like veggie tales. That worked on its own like you said. A lot of these groups don't make unique content anymore and use existing media's to do it instead. It's always been strange and uninspired. I'm sure there'd be improvements if there was more effort to make unique things that incorporate aspects of both ends of the spectrum that makes it a fantastic piece of media anyone can enjoy and learn from

[@ambersummer2685]

@@Its_Asteria Yep that’s exactly how I approach politics. I can nod in agreement or be on the fence from both perspectives on certain topics. I would love to see thoughtful and creative content from conservative media. Whoever made this show, I hope they learn something from it and figure out what works.

[@wolfwing1]

Given the number of stories of, "My dad got upset with my grades so took a baseball bat to my xbox." stories we hear the destroying the toys is probably realistic.

[@-._.-KRiS-._.-]

Ugh, my mom did this to me. I was trying to help out with her laundry and accidentally shrunk some of her shirts because I didn't know they weren't supposed to be dried on 'high heat.' So, she takes some scissors and cuts up some of my shirts. Taught me right quick to NEVER help out with laundry ever again.

[@Snarl_Marx]

I genuinely don't understand why they felt the need to make "Bluey but shitty and conservative". Like, what exactly did they see in the show Bluey and say "This is too woke!" or whatever dumbass thing? Also, Bluey slaps so hard. Truly heartwarming, gold standard for children's entertainment imo

[@boop3nowurded538]

Bc bluey isnt stereotypical enough. "Bluey is a girl, but her color is blue 🤯🤯🤯???" "They have no eyelashes to tell the audience theyre girls?? 😡" "The women arent wearing clothes, therefore, theyre all demons 🤢" "The girls/mom are treated like actual human beings instead of cleaners/caretakers? Gross!" Its the fact that they dont LEAN into conservative ideals that they find woke now. Basically, if you dont blindly follow trump, you're woke. Nothing else. 🤡

[@-._.-KRiS-._.-]

Actual good parenting is what they probably have the most issue with in Bluey.

[@FrenkTheJoy]

People like Ben Shapiro think everything is woke. It's possible the people who made this show thought it was too woke that some of the female characters on the show are blue because that's a boy's color obviously (disregarding the fact that they're BLUE HEELERS)

[@oranjpeel]

Yeah it’s weird, as a Christian and conservative I’m glad they portray a healthy relationship between husband and wife and that their daughters can play games that would generally be considered for boys. What, are they afraid girls are gonna think they’re boys if they like boy things? My mom was a tomboy growing up and now has a husband and likes pretty things.

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

Conservatives went from being paranoid about the entities of evil over D&D and claim video games causes violence, to whining about woke and SJWs on pretty much everything. I guess people never change.

[@politiclpanties]

instead of praying on your downfall i pray on your glorious rise your vids are so good man

[@harryjamesmiller]

🙏🏻may @politiclpanties bless us🙏🏻

[@graygarrison3114]

​@@harryjamesmillerSorry but I never heard of The Company Bent Key before.

[@voxelbandit]

@@graygarrison3114thank god

[@graygarrison3114]

@@voxelbandit Sorry I don't believe in Religion.

[@voxelbandit]

@@graygarrison3114 thank the heavens

[@kkuudandere]

See, the funny thing about 13:45 is that I, too, learned early on that many parents are lying when they say having kids was the best thing that ever happened to them, because many parents actually hate kids and secretly hate being parents. I internalized that as a kid and felt bad for just existing half the time lol, maybe be careful including that line

[@ConorCarlisle]

This episode of Bluey is called "Plagarism Lawsuit"

[@tangerine1884]

HELP

[@j.j2998]

LMFAO bro

[@ona3779]

[glances nervously at the pile of folded laundry that's been on my chair for a whole week] I discovered Bluey over the summer watching it with my toddler cousins, who were constantly asking to watch it, and I got teary eyed with nearly every episode because of how sweet the show is and how gently lessons are taught, as well as how sincere it feels. It's clearly a show made by people who actually have the best interest of children in mind, I was so happy to see that my cousins had a show like that to watch and learn from when they had their TV time. It genuinely made me feel the same way I feel when I go back and rewatch Mr Rogers' Neighbourhood, there were things that even _I_ needed to hear. So _what the frick is _*_THIS?_*

[@OmegaSMG]

Cried my eyes out the first time I watched the Sleepytime episode

[@breadbird]

@@OmegaSMG same tbh

[@idontwantahandlethough]

OMG I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT! So uhh.. will you be my neighbor? :)

[@AmbassadorKat]

I cry anytime I rewatch even a clip from Mr Rogers Neighborhood (I’m tearing up now just thinking about it tbh) and though I’ve never watched Bluey, from everything I’ve heard I strongly suspected it was the modern-day answer to Mr Rogers. I’m glad there’s at least one show out there that’s giving kids that same feeling ❤

[@juantiller1762]

What they have in common is that is something to connect to you make you feel special that work with all ages. While chip chilla well have more problem like having a species not native to America. Have the diversity of a class of homeschoolers. Lessons so bland if their a spice it would be flour. If the girl have a fear the boy resolves his except her. Give the parenting advice of “how no to raise your child” the only thing they did right is not blame the youngest but never try to teach I don’t know responsibility on why she can do it or how wanting to do new thing does also have some risk

[@archerinspace]

The parents and kids swapping places reminds me of a Berenstein Bears episode that had the same premise and is probably alot better despite being made in the 90s-00s. Then again that episode was made to show kids to understand empathy with genuine likeable characters. Also the parents were mischievous but not outright neglectful, simply exaggerating to safe degree to tease how Brother and Sister can act or take something for granted. When it was time to stop, they stopped. Then again, I guess having empathy for anybody including your kids is woke to ben shapiro.

[@eyalich]

harry james miller? more like scary james miller

[@harryjamesmiller]

many are saying this

[@melodyhaviland9393]

ah!!!

[@sadielady2351]

scary james michael jackson thriller

[@R0TTMNT_MIKEY]

@harryjamesmiller I have the same last name as you 😃

[@Miku-ms6sy]

I bet my entire life savings ($1) that the first time they saw a glimpse of Bluey they immediately assumed she was a boy

[@CarysCreatesThings]

Not only is BentKey a weird name for a kids’ app, it also happens to be the name of a left wing small press based in the UK.

[@esbenm6544]

That whole thing of "we need to protect the story as it is supposed to be!" Disney didn't do that. It is already a sanitized version of the old fairytale. And in case they didn't know, Disney does that with all the stories they adopt. None of them are like the source material.

[@veronikamajerova4564]

True. Aurora was just kissed, not r*ped by the prince. Snow White didn´t make her stepmother dance in hot iron shoes on her wedding until she died. Ariel didn´t turn into seafoam after deciding not to murder the prince. Lion King... well, we know how Hamlet ends - everybody dies. And so on.

[@BigSith2011]

​@@veronikamajerova4564 Let's not forget the historical ones Anastasia: Well...let's just say nobody in that family would've gotten an open casket Pocahontas: Even the watered down version of American history presented to us in school couldn't ignore all the atrocities of the colonial times, her actual story is no exception

[@cheshirenevande4701]

Anastasia actually wasn't Disney. It was Fox. But yes.@@BigSith2011

[@-._.-KRiS-._.-]

They're just mad at the new one because Snow White isn't being played by a white actress. That's all this is about.

[@sarahgent2674]

I would actually pirate the daily wire Snow White if it had her spitting up the apple at the end like in the original story. Not because I'd be impressed with accuracy, I just think it'd be funny to watch.

[@freddiefishton]

Conservatives when the Left doesn’t indoctrinate kids like they say they do: “fine, *grabs BentKey* I’ll do it myself”

[@DissedRedEngie]

That dad deadass said "you'll know when you're doing a good job, because that's when you're doing a good job". I love the methdod of "just do it right".

[@-._.-KRiS-._.-]

That's when their children grow up to be teens and find out "You'll know you're doing something illegal when the cops fire their guns at you," instead of teaching them what illegal activity is and why they shouldn't do it.

[@canyontheman]

imagining ben shapiro trying to think of a wholesome childrens cartoon is impossible

[@jankoleon3785]

And yet, he did.

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

He did, and it sucks that he doesn't even try.

[@cameronelwood1443]

Honestly why go after Bluey? I have not seen a single episode from it that can be contrived as “woke”, it actually is quite well grounded.

[@KartsSafespace]

at the start it says the whole purpose is for people who don’t want to use disney+

[@guy_arsonist]

It's been a while since I read The Prince and the Pauper, but actually the pauper was good at doing prince stuff, despite everyone assuming he had temporary amnesia, and ends up an Earl, and the prince learns that life for poor people is definitely worse. Like, Tom, the pauper, wasn't a farmer or anything, he was a poor inner city kid. Do the writers even know how to Google things? How to read?

[@SiRenfield]

Eh probably can read, they just probably haven’t read the original story at all and just went with the barebones story from pop culture osmosis. Hell not related to the main point but the Prince is horrified in seeing how brutal the justice system was including people getting executed for petty theft and vows to change it as king (historical accuracy aside since many Catholics and religious minorities were persecuted if not necessarily because of him). So they certainly haven’t read it LOL

[@veronikamajerova4564]

@@SiRenfield Yep, and of course, after he comes back and the whole mess with identity change is resolved, he doesn´t let Tom go back to the street, but makes sure he is well taken care of.

[@jo3473]

right like hello?? it was NOT about the pauper seeing that life was super hard as a prince.. it was the other way around. the prince seeing how abysmal life quality was for the impoverished in the kingdom. seems weirdly nefarious how they switched that around to be in favour of how hard the rich person works. like just the broader "they learned to see things from each others point of view, walk in their shoes for a mile" lesson would have been fine but they had to go with the worst, most incorrect one?

[@3ghostsinatrenchcoat]

So glad they took the opportunity to right Bluey’s wrongs and make all the boys blue and all the girls pink. I can just imagine their conservative confusion at Bluey Heeler being called a girl when she’s so obviously blue… the boy color. “And where are her big cartoon eyelashes?!” they scream in agony. “And why isn’t she wearing a skirt?!!!!” Poor guys.

[@dawert2667]

As a chinchilla owner of over 6 years this makes me indescribably sad. Why, Ben ?

[@jankoleon3785]

Well I like the show.

[@CoilCannon]

As someone with folded laundry that’s been on my bed for about a week now, you did NOT have to call me out like that-

[@-._.-KRiS-._.-]

Just a week? My record was two years.

[@dacksonflux]

Rob Schneider came out as antivax and now he's doing voice work for this crap. This is feeling like a less extreme Roseanne situation.

[@Mayhem_Inc]

As soon as I heard the Dad‘s voice, I thought, of course Rob Schneider is part of this

[@Mayhem_Inc]

As soon as I heard the Dad‘s voice, I thought, of course Rob Schneider is part of this

[@uniquenewyork3325]

The way bluey did the tattling thing in the show (that one episode where bluey is a swim teacher) and the lesson is 100 times better 💀 And the whole parents switching with adults ep was basically just making a joke about neglect?? Also it's just so petty and bitter to do that to your literal elementary age children. The only lesson a kid watching is going to get out of the ep is that they should act bratty like the adults because its entertaining/that's how kids are.

[@ifinditamazing]

Harry, I can't believe you didn't mention that disgraced Broadway actress Laura Osnes is (I think) the mom's voice on this show...

[@sunnydayzz0]

What shows was she in? Why is she disgraced?

[@gerbil_is_typing]

​@@sunnydayzz0 As far as I remember, she got quite vocal about her anti-vax stance in 2020.

[@halliefritsch]

NOOO NOT LAURA 😭😭 my first real broadway obsession was bonnie and clyde this is so unfortunate

[@sunnydayzz0]

@@gerbil_is_typing oh, damn. Yeah, I get why she’s disgraced lol

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

@@sunnydayzz0Tbf it’s perfectly fine to be against mRNA “vaccines”, they have planned obsolescence built into them and are much crappier than regular vaccines because they produce immune tolerance.

[@taylormelton3088]

This show is proof that not just anyone can make a show as amazing as Bluey. Not just anyone can make anything good quality. It takes real talent and focus, something this show is sadly lacking. As a preschool teacher, I adore Bluey and it’s lessons. But this? Too painful lol

[@SiRenfield]

I’m kind of pleasantly surprised their comments about Bluey were complimentary if only because one of the few groups of people I see hate the show are people on the far-right because they hate the idea of gentle parenting. Also can confirm their telling of Prince and the Pauper is *bullshit* because not only is the Prince’s deal more about him being sheltered so is given a harsh reality check when living among them (it had NOTHING to do with hard work), the good guys of the story are rewarded by being advanced a little into society because the Prince via directly witnessing how hard they have it tried to help their situation! Hell part of his experience is being horrified on how brutal the criminal justice system was in 1500’s England and vows to change it.

[@NefariousHippie]

I had no expectations, and cowboy spiderman exceeded them. The spiderhorse was a nice touch.

[@errorarrow90]

I for one support Ben playing as Snow White himself. He looks so happy feeling out his gender

[@reiluvi]

but we all know that brett cooper is just ben shapiro on drag

[@Its_Asteria]

I'm gonna be real with yall. It's fair to hate these people but can we stop insulting people's appearances? Especially Brett? People keep talking about her appearance being horrible and funny because she "looks like Ben shapiro" Sure they work in the same company but can yall stop being hypocritical for five seconds and stop insulting appearances or using appearances against someone? Jesus christ Like everyone's all saying "don't insult people's appearances that's awful. Especially to women" ans then here people are insulting Brett, a woman, about her appearance because she works for daily wire. Actually criticize the company and shows properly

[@kouignzz]

@@Its_AsteriaFr, even tho I don’t agree with their views respectfully, I still wouldn’t go out my way to make fun of their looks.

[@emmableeblah2992]

The tattling episode is actually really messed up. Obviously it’s the show’s weird take on cancel culture (a non-kid’s issue in a kid’s tv show for some reason), but it’s teaching a horrible message for actual children. In Sesame Street, the character Snuffleupagus is introduced as Big Bird’s imaginary friend who the adults on the show don’t believe really exists. However, the show adapted in response to research that kids hid wouldn’t tell their parents about abuse they experienced because they thought they wouldn’t be believed, and the adults were finally introduced to Snuffy so the adults wouldn’t doubt Big Bird anymore. The tattling episode is just a self-indulgent mess to assure parents the show is anti-cancel culture, but just teaches kids that they’re wrong for speaking up and sharing things that they see as wrong. If they wanted to make the episode about forgiving friends when they make mistakes or something like that, they could’ve done so in a way that lends itself better to a kid’s show, but this just tells kids that their parents don’t want to hear what they have to say.

[@FloriaAlisha]

In the same episode, Charla tattled a cat! Chinchillas can't hurt cats because of their size cats can attack chinchillas because they think of them as prey. Those chinchillas are enemies with cats

[@ArtsyDoggieOfficial]

Can't wait for the Bluey team to put out an episode about copycats just like how Gumball did with Miracle Star

[@samtheflutegirl1373]

I never thought I'd read the phrase "Ben Shapiro's Bluey Knockoff" with my own two eyes and I hate that I have to watch this video now.

[@WrathofKore]

One thing I like about Bluey is that they allowed one daughter to be a exact copy of their mom but another of their dad. Not only because it shows that one doesn’t need to be color coded based on sex, but also that some kids will look more like one parent even if they’re the opposite sex (coming from a daughter who looks a lot like her father)

[@probablyjinxed]

yessss same, as another daughter who looks more like her dad! 🤝

[@ZalemMoon]

Exactly, I'm like a clone of my dad, I don't even look like I'm related to my mom at all lol.

[@caroharader4895]

Nice Orville Peck costume! I like that the bandanna kinda looked like Spider-Man :)

[@wiktoriaklimczuk8514]

The voice acting is so unbelievably annoying too. Maybe it’s the bad writing that makes it so, but anytime you watch Bluey you say to yourself “aw what cute kids.” It’s funny how much they fail to make American kids (adults too) relatable/cute/cheeky.

[@qsd5413]

I don’t totally blame the child actors for that, though

[@-._.-KRiS-._.-]

They let the kids in Bluey goof around in the studio while doing lines, that's why things sound so authentic. They are the kids of the producers and other people working on the show and they don't credit them because they want to respect their privacy.

[@Sevensimian]

Man,the dad sounds like such a douchebag I genuinely can't stand anything that comes out of his mouth 😭 (both the dialogue and voice delivery)

[@wiktoriaklimczuk8514]

@@qsd5413 Oh no ofc not the writing is just not nearly as charming as in Bluey. Also kids with Aussie accents are adorable.

[@user-jn4oe9sb5z]

Hearing shapiros cartoon's discuss "important news" while knowing he supports israel and posted AI generated photos for propaganda purposes caused me to the hardest eyeroll ever that i felt like i was at risk of getting my eyes stuck

[@democrabots]

Why wouldn't he a Jew support Israel who were totally the victims, would he be anti-selfmetic?

[@urnotl0r0s]

@@democrabotsno. there are literally jews who support Palestine and don’t support the isreali government. i just feel like we are separate entities at this point.

[@jo3473]

@@democrabots love the pun, hate the idea behind it! (not all jewish people are zionist colonizers/zionist colonizer supporters. israel is hiding behind a shield argument of "antisemitism" to avoid critique on the genocide and ethnic cleansing they are performing on palestinians, which has been going on for far far too long.)

[@BananaTrooper3650]

What's wrong with Israel

[@anaceweirdo1579]

​@@BananaTrooper3650Israel (the country and government) HAS already been committing genoc*de on Palestinians (the people) for a long while

[@kirisviel]

Bluey literally airs on the free to air, government funded national broadcaster, commissioned by said national broadcaster in Australia so uh… yeah I know service which I trust. “Bentkey”, suuure… Anyway I saw this show crop up on Twitter a few weeks back and after reading a few things about it did an eye roll and went on with my life.. interesting to see it’s even worse than the small snippets I saw. Love the costume btw, you definitely should keep the hat.

[@flyingspagbowl6629]

In bluey it feels like the lessons are built around the situation the characters are already in, but with this it’s like they choose a lesson and messily hammer into the plot

[@steviescribbles]

Wondering how I’m going to get through the last few hours of work: 😖 New Harry James Miller video: 😌

[@steviescribbles]

If you saw me call you Henry no you didn’t

[@iam_crumb]

you're so funny i could honestly watch an hour long video of you talking about a pebble

[@matane2465]

I love how this shows just how out of touch they are with average people. Look the family has both parents and they're happily married, they have a nice, big, expensive house, three kids, plenty of money to spend on props for the kids to play with, not at all struggling.

[@kingkingo1841]

Like every sitcom and kids tv show.

[@connordarvall8482]

Now I want to make a kid's show where the good parenting is constantly constrained by modern life. Want to do something? Can't afford it; we gotta find our fun at home. Want to visit a friend? Wait for school; we can't afford extra car rides. Friends visit you? Rarely; all your friends are in a similar position. Hang out with your parents? Parents are at work; amuse yourself. Something breaks? It doesn't get replaced. There's just permanently one less thing in the house. The space between school and home? Nothing more than a blur through a car window. The idea is that the main character and his sibling(s) find a way to make things work regardless, leaving children and parents watching an optimistic show, but people with comfortable lives just feel this constant cloud of dread hanging over everything.

[@maymay5600]

All the basic bitching about single parent households ... It's funny most of us would be from a single parent households, at I have my uncle's around...

[@pap64]

All I can think is the Rob Schneider joke from South Park... "ROB SCHNEIDER IS A STAY AT HOME CONSERVATIVE PARENT THAT HOME SCHOOLS HIS CHILDREN ... EXCEPT HE IS A CHINCHILLA ON A DAILY WIRE SHOW!"

[@foty829]

"Rated PG-13!"

[@sarahgent2674]

One thing people like about Bluey is that the games of pretend look like actual games of pretend, very minimal and easily replicable. Other shows, when showing pretend games, will often put the characters in the world they're imagining (see Backyardigans), which can be disappointing for kids expecting that to happen, but is also very visually interesting. Chip Chilla somehow does the worst of both worlds. It's technically possible to build that moon landing setup, but nobody ever will, breeding upset in kids whose play doesn't look like that. But also everything looks really boring because it's all made of tinfoil. Honestly it's almost impressive.

[@lairofbooks4484]

Told my conservative mom about how chip chilla was made cause Bluey is too liberal, and she went “what about Bluey is liberal?” 😂

[@thunderstruck206]

Man it's almost like ripping off something to make a blatant copy just to shoehorn in your own personal beliefs and messages is an inherently awful thing to do

[@jankoleon3785]

But they didn't shoehorn in their own beliefs though. All they cared about was making a good quality show or at least attempting too..

[@jankoleon3785]

Also, it's not a blatant ripp off. They took inspiration from something and made it their own. Call Chip-Chilla a bluey knock off is equivalent to saying that family guy and the Simpsons are the same show or that todoroki from My Hero Academia is the exact same as Zuko from Avatar the last airbender.

[@jankoleon3785]

Or that My Hero Academia in general is a knock off of sky high or the X-Men

[@thunderstruck206]

@jankoleon3785 all of those things are rip-offs... you are just listing rip-offs and mha which *barely* qualifies as a show. And if you can't see the blatant ripping off or the shoehorning of beliefs I think either you watched the wrong show or that you have a screw loose

[@l.c.8475]

If "use your judgement" is the only advice/instruction the kids are given it's no wonder they don't succeed, you need experience to develop judgement and to gain that experience you need proper instructions and constructive criticism, not do "do whatever, but what you're doing is wrong, use your judgement to come up with something better" Although it does seem like "use your judgement" was the only instruction given to some inexperienced writer when writing this show.

[@chikito3589]

bluey is genuinely inclusive and actually tries to teach lessons and male them funny. the whole oneises episode is my favorite but so sad :( poor brandy (if u don't know, I'm pretty sure she's infertile)

[@deen7530]

Isn't it also implied Bluey's mom had a miscarriage at one point?

[@ominouslightning]

​@@deen7530 If I remember correctly, it's not just implied. It's actually talked about in an episode and confirmed. It's just explained in a way that the kids can understand.

[@sarahgent2674]

​@@ominouslightningnah, pretty lightly implied. A balloon pops under bingo's shirt and the parents share a look. You may be mixing up that story with Brandy's? In fact, until recently the miscarriage was in dispute among fans, some thinking the look could have just been them being worried about bingo's feelings. It was confirmed recently by the writers though, I think in a different book about miscarriage? Don't quote me on that last part though

[@ominouslightning]

@@sarahgent2674 I'm probably mixing it up. I haven't watched it in a while, and I typically only watch it when I'm watching my younger siblings, so it makes sense that I'm misremembering. Thanks for informing me! :)

[@kalifogg6610]

@@deen7530Joe Brumm, the creator, did confirm that Chilli did have a miscarriage in an interview.

[@avery1529]

I think it’s funny that they used Brett Cooper for Snow White considering that she has one of the most naturally masculine faces I’ve seen on a woman. Of course, that’s not a bad thing, but to them it definitely would be which makes me question a few things 😂

[@sissysovereign1294]

It is ironic too giving How Zegler's Snow white has a naturally feminine face but a horribly misogynistic attitude.

[@avery1529]

@@sissysovereign1294 yes!

[@IJustAnimateThatsTheJist]

It's also hilarious knowing that nobody's gonna watch the final product. People are pretty sick of remakes for the unoriginality aspect and they want new content lol

[@jamie1602]

@@sissysovereign1294 In one corner we got a woman hating women! In another corner... Oh god it's an ugly woman who still hates women. I truly have no choice, do I?

[@livpace9614]

I was not ready for that Prager U clip 😭

[@faust9488]

one thing i want to point out is that bluey feels way more realistic in the way the parents interact with the kids, they play with them but in a more realistic kind of way while in this show it seems like the parents have the time to set up complicated plots and cardboard sets for their kids every day and its not linked to real life at all while in Bluey you can clearly see snippets of the parents lives and problems.

[@TurbopropPuppy]

"The same way that now there are people who weren't allowed to watch SpongeBob growing up, and you can kinda tell" to be fair i can tell all the people who were allowed to watch SpongeBob growing up from how they constantly quote it at me lol

[@maymay5600]

M for mini W for wumbo

[@_emory]

“Why Christians need to be LESS welcoming and tolerant” Holy sh*t that’s not an onion article??

[@-._.-KRiS-._.-]

Nope. They have *completely* forgotten the actual teachings of Jesus.

[@fagitocumaeda]

i feel bad for the kids forced to voice these characters

[@Rice_Wolf]

I honestly think the show would’ve at least been a *little* bit better if they kept the old artstyle. The first style for the show looked really fun and playful, but the newer “bluey copy” art style just looks too bright and obnoxious because it “looks cuter”. Idk about you but I would’ve given this show some grace if they kept the first, more appealing style.

[@-._.-KRiS-._.-]

It looks like a Chip & Potato knock-off to me. That's a kids show about a family of pugs.

[@silverofthesunbears]

The fact they used the Liberian flag instead of the US one 😭

[@Beelze_Bubbles]

“Real news isn’t just any bad news you see, that’s just tattling” That’s very ironic to hear from this show, made by conservatives

[@thegayghost872]

I'm starting to think no one who worked on this show has actually interacted with children before

[@maymay5600]

Half of got kids Just they love their wives being slaves and kids not being heard

[@DJHockeyGoalHorns]

funniest part is that all of those flags are liberian flags

[@jmcg9822]

If it was a studio making a film because they were interested and passionate about the story alone I would have more faith in it, but benkey’s Snow White is created as a reaction to Disney’s “woke” Snow White so my interest in it is dead on arrival. Disney’s Snow White remake looks like a dumpster fire to me tbh but making a reaction film to “wokeness” is pathetic.

[@frisbyart]

Kid: “Dad, I want Bluey!” Shapiro: “We have Bluey at home.” At home:

[@bwuppy]

Harry James Miller? More like harry james killer

[@harryjamesmiller]

scary!

[@pumkinpatchwork]

4:02 that’s a shame they changed the style of the show. while their new style doesn’t look ugly, the old more fluid is something more unique, if nothing else.