Bentkey: The Daily Wire's Kids Streamer

Bentkey was more interesting to cover than I expected. The shows themselves are pretty shallow, but the platform and what it might mean for the Daily Wire in the future could be very consequential. Its failure could seriously damage the company, and its success would be a major boon. So far it seems like it's trending towards failure. So if the Daily Wire crashes and burns, it'll be the children who didn't watch it that made the world a better place.
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[@JoseBird]

For all the angry Canadians upset that I called Mr. Dressup a "knock of Mr. Rogers", please know that I was just joking. As a Canadian, I also grew up watching Mr. Dressup.

[@TheUnsightlyRF]

Understandable. We won't lock you up in the Tickle Trunk. ...This time.

[@StevenJosephLee]

I came here to yell at you. This is a very wise pinned comment.

[@Tacom4ster]

Huh I didn't know your Canadian

[@neongrey333]

was genuinely upset but then the piano intro hit me like a ton of bricks and soothed me immediately

[@choo-choo4922]

Also! It is worth mentioning that Fred Rogers was by his own admission, bisexual. A fact that would make him a major target of DW if he were on tv today.

[@RealLukeWilson]

It’s worth mentioning too that conservative media has traditionally HATED Mr. Rogers, and upon his death, Fox News threw a fit about how he was terrible because he taught that every child was special and important. You know, really bad things to tell kids… I guess? I think it’s inevitable that any attempt the Daily Wire would make to try and copy Mr. Rogers would fall flat, because the very soul of the show was something they don’t like. If you take the celebration of individuality, creativity, free-thinking, and self-expression out of Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood, all you’re left with is an empty house without even a coat rack next to the door.

[@kyleinthejar6829]

Anyone who could say they hate Mr. Rogers is pure evil in my book. That man was a saint, on and off screen. He did what conservatives could never even dream of; he lived by the same principles he taught to his audience.

[@adrianghandtchi1562]

Which is why I thought it was so confusing how they praised Mr. Rogers to that capacity, especially since Mr. Rogers was very much anti-consumerist and people thought of him as very weird, especially with that famous episode where he had the character for François Clemens soaking feet in the same pool in response to strong racial tensions on how pools were still segregating bathers. I never understood it until much later and I wish I had watched it more when I was a kid.

[@freddiefishton]

I never watched Mr. Rogers, but watching him save PBS Kids by a single speech tells me everything there is to know about him.

[@longliverocknroll5]

It was so bad, they INVENTED A STUDY to claim he was a bad influence. It was actually just so boomer conservative prof complaining about how “entitled” kids were, and even his boomer ass had to concede that it was purely his opinion.

[@longliverocknroll5]

@@freddiefishtonhe was willing and demanded to share a foot bath with a black man in a time when conservatives were still shuttering public pools rather then let black people swim with white people.

[@Okuajub]

There being a conservative version of Bluey because "Disney is too woke" is extremely funny to me, because Disney actually *censored* Bluey. A whole episode, "Dad Baby", was entirely cut from the Disney releases. the original Bluey is even MORE "woke" than they think!

[@ND-nr6mx]

Those damned woke corporations and all their leftist propaganda

[@eko9554]

I find dumb how people complained about Disney for not having lgbt characters, and when they did add lgbt characters in Baymax and strange world, people still complained.

[@dengar96]

​@@eko9554 bay max, the giant marshmallow robot, is gay?

[@eko9554]

@@dengar96 No the side characters that Baymax was helping is gay.

[@qiae]

Calling Disney woke is literally just part of their business system, trying to pull watchers away from a different service by appealing to their ignorance and entitlement. Remember Jeremy's razors and the other "antiwoke" products they drop every time they can even come up with even the most absurd excuse to call something woke. Even the believers among them manage to still be grifters too.

[@vitalspark6288]

FYI, Bluey isn't made by Disney. Disney just licensed the rights for online distribution. Bluey is made by an Australian production company and commissioned jointly by the ABC and the BBC.

[@Timic83tc]

leftists think the whole world is america. dont try and correct them

[@SineN0mine3]

How much does our government make off the merch though? Nada.

[@vitalspark6288]

@@SineN0mine3 Thanks to sales taxes, the government makes money from *all* merchandise, not just Bluey.

[@Red_Ryan_Red]

I believe he did mention that

[@fawn8771]

ABC & BBC?!?!? Even if they were right, I feel like they'd froth at the Idea of government tax dollars funding Bluey

[@GrandArchPriestOfTheAlgorithm]

Creating a problem and selling the solution, they truly have the spirit of capitalism.

[@dominicdragoni4215]

well the problem is lgbtq pushing gay sex on children the daily wire created a solution ur confused

[@nobody8328]

An Amen from the congregation!

[@RumchugMusic]

But will this sell. I think they're business sense is clouded by ambition to rule the culture. They want the minds of the youth

[@Sd12sx23]

"People are craving this sort of content." What every conservative or Christian film or TV show says when they launching a new project. It rarely turns out to be true.

[@Yogurt_Fingers]

Disney pushes children to cut off body parts and take hormones that are irreversible. The reason why over 50% of trans people off themselves is because there is no detransitioning and they can't live with it.

[@fionafox420]

It’s really sad to think that in today’s climate, Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood would probably be considered woke liberal indoctrination. It was genuinely one of my favorite shows as a kid, and bonus points for it being created in my hometown. He’s a Pittsburgh icon!

[@meyadin5844]

its funny cause it was considered that back in the day lmao, they just pretend they never said it was

[@fionafox420]

@@meyadin5844 really?? I’m originally from Pittsburgh, people would side eye you if you talked bad about Mr Rogers. I’ve never heard anyone talk bad about him, ever

[@mikejeffries3333]

@@fionafox420 There is an infamous Fox News segment a few years after his passing where they called him an "evil, evil man," and blamed him for the horrors of... people feeling special and unique? They apparently saw some huge issue with the fact that Mr. Rogers told kids that "you're special because you're you," and decided that's why everyone's so entitled and awful these days (or something along those lines). It takes a special kind of awfulness to think Fred Rogers of all people was an evil man. Like, I don't think I could name a better person than Fred Rogers.

[@ZILtoid1991]

The anti woke brainrot always existed. It just became better adapted to the current environment and also became saner. Within the old ones, you were lucky if they even at some level embraced games (they called it toys without educational value), comics (they knew about the politics in them), and stuff like anime (which they called both ultraviolent and made for PDF files). Also it contained way more overt antisemitism and conspiracist thinking than what we have today (seriously, they were looking for hidden hexagrams as proofs for an agenda). I don't know how much of it is still archived, or are on servers people forgot about. At least (at one point, I don't know what happened to it) ConservaPedia had a list of movies with "leftist agenda", and they listed Alien as a "radical feminist movie", and pretty much used the same arguments as today's "women being strong in movies are unrealistic" type of guys.

[@DrPonner]

​@@ZILtoid1991I wish there was a term for the kind of goalpost-shifting that reactionaries engage in where they say "back in my day, things weren't as political as they are now" when said things back in their day were extremely political. That kind of blindness to one's own time's politicalness.

[@soulslvr9562]

The funny thing is that Bluey ISNT conservative. Its highly inclusive accepting and very cleverly written. Its the same thing that made mlp popular. Good characters good design and clever writing. The thing is with Chipchilla is that is IS actually conservative and you can see that if you compare the parenting between Bluey and Chip's dads. While Chip plays a bit too much his dad sees no problem in breaking his sons toys and ruining his bedroom and later making Chip clean it up himself, Bluey's dad is confronted with the same problem, he plays along with his daughters while slowly encouraging them to do what needs to be done with no harm done to property. While chip's dad treats his kids like lessers bluey's dad sees his kids as equals and treats them roughly as such while using patient parenting styles while only snapping rarely and accidentally

[@anastasia.noelle]

kids aren’t equals, hence the word “kids” 💀kids are not equal to their parents

[@soulslvr9562]

@anastasia.noelle if you treat your child like property just because you birthed them then you have no right being a parent :3

[@ramblingsofadash5159]

As a person who grew up in an abusive conservative household in the south, it is a society that views children below the age of 16 as actual lessers. Not just my parents but my teachers and my community all agreed too. Kids are lesser people who deserve little to no respect and anything they say that contradicts an adult is arguing and needs to be punished (and in my case beaten) out of them. Bluey is an extremely hard show to watch for me cause it is everything I needed and wanted when I was younger.

[@glenstortroen1286]

​@@anastasia.noellekids are not as smart or influencial sure, but they have the exact same human rights as their parents and are infact not property

[@genericname2747]

Bandit won an award for being a good dad. The award is supposed to be given to real people, they added a canine section just for him.

[@BandFairy]

"People need to invest in this. If they don't, it could take the entire company down with it." Well, don't threaten me with a good time!

[@bluenowait]

One thing that has to be addressed is that animation is a labor-intensive medium and a lot of animated productions rely on artists who are members of The Animation Guild (IATSE 839). If Bentkey wants to expand on their animation efforts, they may have to rely on union workers they harp against, or go non-union and rely on younger, inexperienced artists that may not have the rights to a reasonable work schedule.

[@brenatevi]

"rely on younger, inexperienced artists that may not have the rights to a reasonable work schedule." That's a feature of their ideology. Just consider that they are trying to lower the legal working age.

[@pennyforyourthots]

Assuming they want to keep it domestic of course. I would not be surprised if they relied on underpaid overworked animators from another country (I think Korea and the Philippines are the popular ones for US studios at the moment).

[@SeanStrife]

From what I understand, one person that claims to have actually worked on the show said working on the show was fucking hell on Earth, and apparently it was a doomed production from the start.

[@wolfetteplays8894]

@@brenatevi Good, raising the legal working age is a horrible idea and leads to maladjusted adults.

[@NebulaRanger]

​@@wolfetteplays8894You literally admitted to animal abuse. If anyone is a maladjusted adult, it's you.

[@GraphiteShores]

A reason for the Chip Chilla redesign is a pretty common issue with most animations when they move to series production: It's just a lot easier to animate. The original designs are much more conceptual and could work for a bumper or too, but not for cranking out however many 11-min episodes were ordered by Bentkey. A key reason why Bluey managed to avoid that issue was Joe Brumm, creator of Bluey, had worked on multiple kids programs as an animator and probably knew how to design both an appealing and easy to animate characters. Eric Bransum, however, has only worked as a screenwriter for various animated (and comedic rightwing media) projects, so the project probably had to bring in people to work on it...and checking them out on IMDB, these people are pretty seasoned in the field, but were probably told 'We need these many episodes in 'X' amount of time!' and focused more on making it quick rather than pretty and engaging.

[@BinaryHedgehog1]

I need to find a source for this, but I think Savy's video on the topic mentions that the studio got completely blindsided and didn't have many of the assets they needed to churn things out at the requested pace.

[@arbit4468]

That early promotional image had a very Ren and Stimpy vibe, which knowing what we know now about the creator of that show, is not a vibe you want to create.

[@SeanStrife]

@@BinaryHedgehog1 Supposedly, that comment was on another video, but yeah... apparently working on Chip Chilla was FUCKING HELL!

[@paulo.motivacao5851]

i think they changed the animation to digital ink and paint to adobe animate or toon boom or whatever

[@__Andrew]

Every now and then a clip of Bluey crosses my path and its such a sweet and informative show. Most clips seem to be about letting children know their emotions and feelings are valid, even when they are angry or confused, and if they just talk about their feelings with others we can all find a way to work things out together. Its a wonderful show.

[@erikdaniels0n]

Exactly. Bluey just seems like a genuinely wholesome show for kids *and* adults. Chip Chilla on the other hand….

[@kyleinthejar6829]

Spot on. I’m an adult so I don’t get much out of Bluey, but I watch it with my 4 year old cousin sometimes. The positive effect it has on him is noticeable, at least when I compare his childhood to mine. When I was a kid, I rarely told my parents how I felt. It was never communicated to me that such a thing was ok, and I felt like I was burdening them if I told them how I was feeling. My cousin though? He tells his parents and other adults how he feels whenever necessary, and he knows he isn’t being a bother by doing so. He’s much happier than I ever was as a child, and it’s all thanks to shows like Bluey normalizing emotional stability and vulnerability with others.

[@gameb9oy]

Either that or they’re just genuinely funny moments, kids show or not.

[@crab2195]

Bluey is amazing! there’s even an episode where Bluey’s friend’s mom is struggling with postpartum depression. it’s so so important for kids to see stuff like this, even if they don’t fully understand it. Bluey’s mom offers her support and tells her “you’re doing a good job”. it’s a simple, yet effective message for kids. i think it teaches kids if you see someone struggling, a small act of kindness can go a long way.

[@__Andrew]

@@crab2195 Yeah, stuff like this is very much so in the footsteps of Mr. Rodgers who also did not shy away from topics normally not approached with kids. Mr. Rodgers even did an episode that addressed the assassination of president Kennedy. Instead of pretending kids cant handle or understand complex emotions, it brings these topics to kids in an approachable and easy to understand way. It recognizes kids are people too. Another Bluey clip i love is one where the youngest kid has been appeasing other members of their family, like giving them their last snack, even tho internally the kid was not very happy about that. Its helping kids understand that sharing is still a wonderful thing, but also acknowledging that we can have feelings of not wanting to maybe give away our last snack, and that is okay too as long as we talk about it. A kid doesnt have to feel bad if they want the last piece of candy for themselves, its a natural feeling to have, and the episode ends with the other family members doing something they do not necessarily want to do in order to make the youngest feel better too. Its very sweet and emotionally educating. Its about give and take for those you love.

[@llucero94]

I’m guessing the Chinchilla Dad is the kind of dad who uses weaponized incompetence to get out of helping to raise his kids.

[@sloanekuria3249]

That explains Tesla

[@manboy4720]

military-grade incompetence.

[@RickRobinCagnaan]

Chum Chum Chilla? He sounded like Deuce Bigalow, because he is Rob Schneider.

[@mojotheaverage]

'It's not brainwashing when we do it' -The Daily Wire, probably

[@__Andrew]

Well i mean they are partnered with PragerU and Prager has legit said "out children's programing is about brainwashing" so kinda ya lol.

[@davitdavid7165]

Right, probably

[@pinkmann8399]

I don’t understand. Is not any person with a child technically “brainwashing”? It’s called instilling your children with the values you believe are right, I don’t think this is questionable or objectionable

[@gamrgool4521]

Correct, allegedly.

[@Usernameping]

Just reminds me of when Prager briefly forgot the word indoctrination in the middle of a rant and accidentally described himself

[@selahanany5645]

This man unironically said 'the incredibly talented and funny rob schneider'. Irony is dead.

[@llucero94]

The only funny thing Rob ever did was when he cried like a little bitch over a film critic throwing (very light) shade towards Deuce Bigalow 2. Eventually, Roger Ebert came to said critic’s defense and proceeded to utterly murder Rob with words.

[@TheWonkster]

​@llucero94 if you randomly pause the 1980's Judge Dredd movie when he's on screen you can get some pretty funny stuff. But that doesn't change the fact that pretty much the only time Rob is funny is when you're laughing at him, not with him.

[@xibalbalon8668]

We saw the trailer for Lady Ballers, we know the level of comedy DW has

[@bisexualmajima]

That whole company is basically picking up the scraps no one else wanted. Rob Schneider has been getting made fun of and has been the choice whenever a show or movie wants to take potshots at a shitty comedian for longer than I've been alive lmao. If they're still around in 5-10 years I wouldn't be surprised if they end up doing the same shit with Amy Schumer.

[@kyle9401]

The only funny thing Rob Schneider was in was Big Stan. It was a stupid movie, but it had its moments.

[@livelongandtroll9108]

Carrying around a key from a theater he used to work in and naming his company over it. Another case of the failed theater kid to angry fascist pipeline.

[@themedia1271]

And they will costnatly blame the woke left for their failure and not their lack of talent, skill, charisma, and ability to work with others different from them.

[@sjwsmasher4398]

Ok, Social Justice Weirdo

[@livelongandtroll9108]

@@sjwsmasher4398 Yawn...

[@sjwsmasher4398]

@@livelongandtroll9108 ok Social Justice Weirdo

[@TwixtheFox]

​@@sjwsmasher4398bot behavior

[@BeeTeaBoi]

I think a small thing I noticed with Chip Chilla that, although not overtly political, does raise some red flags especially in comparison to Bluey: from what I've seen, it appears that the kids in Chip Chilla have little autonomy and are constantly told what to do by their parents, giving a subtle "your parents always know what's best" message, that isn't very healthy. Bluey has the Heeler kids navigate through life and finding solutions on their own with or without their parents guidance, and it even has the parents make mistakes and apologize to their children sometimes. I think the difference I notice is Bluey feels like watching kids play, it involves watching kids learn about the world, other people, and their emotions, and how to process that. There are many episodes where the kids in the series have to figure out problems on their own. But Chip Chilla doesn't have that. Nearly every bit of what I've seen involves the kids having to be told what to do, or what's right and what's wrong, or how they should process things by their parents. It's very clearly written by people who believe that children MUST obey their parents because their parents always have what's right for them in mind, but that's not a very good message, is it? Edit: I did NOT watch the video all the way through, glad this is addressed in the video in some ways!

[@willofiron26]

Chip sounds like classic Authoritarian parenting where parents tell kids what to do. And they're expected to do so. it also means that the kids are going to have a hard time transition from children to adults with a definite. of rebellion about to Occur. Bluey is much more authoritative With children being respected supported nurtured and cared for in a clearly defined boundaries, but also respecting their autonomy. It can also be called response Parenting. The kids are going to have an easier transition from childhood to adult hood with less instinct to rebel because why would you rebel with a paren, Who is clear what their guidelines are and also gives you the freedom to do what is necessary for you.

[@dinosaysrawr]

Yes, exactly. DW probably thinks they're being really lax and apolitical by having the parents talk sweetly and warmly to the kids and not beat the shit out of them when they misbehave.

[@SineN0mine3]

My problem with the show is that all of the characters have stupid names that start with CH, that's the dumbest trope and even 3 year Olds think it's tired.

[@Thrunic]

Chip Chilla is highly gendered in the short clips shown here. I doubt it's a coincidence that they had a boy playing violently with the action figures.

[@mnmnnm586]

There's something so fitting about a company that loves draining the fun and uniqueness out of all their entertainment being run by a man named Boreing. It's basically cosmic that he would be an old-fashioned conservative.

[@briannewins5703]

It’s a dumb gripe, but I think one of the most egregious things wrong with Bentkey is how absolutely atrocious the logo looks. I get what they were going for, but it’s screaming ‘graphic design is my passion’ with the logo being lopsided, the keyhole in the b isn’t centered, the weird lighting bit of the dark brass/bronze where it bends down, how weirdly small the k is … it’s such a mess and I hate it so much.

[@cnvrgnt]

I have a feeling they realizes last minute that ‘Daily Wire Kids’ or ‘DW Kids’ gives the game away too easily so they came up with a new name on the fly and had someone rush a logo. It could also be the fact that conservatives are objectively bad at making art too. Maybe a little of column A and a little of column B

[@SecretSquirrelFun]

Yup

[@marcuswalters8093]

Once you've been forced to learn graphic design, you can't ignore it.

[@susiefairfield7218]

Is the "b" bent to b a thumbs up 👍 sign?

[@jlp11889]

Oh, that was the one thing I liked. I didn't notice those details, I just thought it was neat how they made a key into 'b' and 'k'.

[@awoodenbrain100]

They’re removing kids show episodes that don’t agree with their views. Yet they cry about being censored.

[@LeonBes]

As somebody that often babysits two toddlers, I can tell you right now that there's no chance in hell this streaming service will take off when kids can watch Cocomelon and Peppa for free on youtube. Disney is literally the only brand with a big enough catalogue of beloved family classics to justify paying for their streaming service (and even then, Disney+ has steadily been adding lots of content for older audiences too).

[@rompevuevitos222]

They are selling this to parents, not kids. They just have to convince some nutjobs that their programming can bring their kids to the "right" side and parents may as well force their kids to watch it.

[@mutton_5322]

especially when half of these shows are just already on youtube

[@DSWYFT]

I think it's designed less to take off in the mainstream, but just for right wing nut jobs to buy and simplify the political indoctrination of the kids. It's a super niche audience that'll rely less on quality and more agreeableness. Pretty pathetic

[@sparks6177]

Eh, there’s a lot of people already using daily wires service, the price isn’t that crazy if you believe that Disney’s modern content is teaching your kids the wrong things. And it’s a value add to their premium membership since you get it free with an annual subscription. I’m not even sure what your broader point is. Even Disney can’t compete with free cocomelon on KZbin, kids don’t really care about Disney like they used to and competing with free and easy access is hard for any streaming service. The point is that people that use daily wire believe in restricting access to random KZbin content and are careful about what their children are allowed to watch, DW isn’t really competing with KZbin or Disney because they have stated and acted on the market they want to compete in. That market is one where the consumer is discerning and will avoid watching Disney and KZbin content that they find antithetical to their values.

[@wyattjohnsen7114]

@@sparks6177 I think another conclusion could be that its unlikely parents, already not on a DW subscription, would sign up specifically for their children, making its outreach limited. Like you imply, I think most parents will just show their children content on streaming services their already subscribed to. This may just be a way to create a content ecosystem that'll keep subscriber numbers from dipping and keep their money train going and/or making it so new subscribers are enticed to stay on past the free trial etc.

[@CarmenCards]

Glenn beck getting compared to fred Rogers isn't something i thought id be subjected to but here we are

[@Paraselene_Tao]

32:35, it's nice to see Sailor Moon still pops up for kids. I loved that show as a kid. Sailor Jupiter was my favorite, and her female archetype has had a lasting impression on me.

[@vxicepickxv]

The version that pops up is actually a different version that was remade. I don't know how different it is.

[@Paraselene_Tao]

@@vxicepickxv Ah, yes, I noticed it says Crystal. I haven't watched any Crystal. I watched the English dub of the original show on Cartoon Network. It aired earl mornings, and I would watch it before going to school.

[@glenstortroen1286]

Sailor moon was the coolest show on TV for me when i was 4-6

[@yourtimetraveleralara]

Yeah, İ only watched 1 ep as a kid tho. But i May hatch it.

[@-tera-3345]

The fact that Jupiter, even in the pretty heavily edited version broadcast on TV in the US during the 90s, was a fairly masculine style character, extremely athletic and active, but at the same time had her own feminine side with her cooking, had a very strong impression on me at the time and may well have been one of the origins of my love of tomboy characters in general. The ability to make her not just a single archetype, but a multifaceted character, was something that I don't really remember seeing much anywhere else on children's TV (or really TV in general) at the time.

[@stevenkies802]

It's telling that in Chip Chilla the children don't have agency. They do what their parents say, and that's that.

[@dw4101]

These shows were definitely created for the parents, which is why kids aren’t interested in them

[@videogamenostalgia]

The real sinister vibe comes from the fact that creatives who work in children's media tend to be very empathetic towards children, and I suppose in touch with their own 'inner child'. The creatives tend not to be deeply cynical people. Ben Shapiro has without a hint of irony talked about how he doesn't generally speak with his kids because children are "mediocre", and some of their personalities like Matt Walsh frankly shouldn't be left alone around children. What great people to decide how your children learn and are entertained!

[@user-fs9mv8px1y]

Matt "I frequently violate my kids consent" Walsh

[@Okuajub]

do you have a source/quote for Ben calling his kids "mediocre"? that sounds hilarious and I want to show my friends.

[@MaticTheProto]

@@user-fs9mv8px1yMatt „I swear that ABDL plushie of me that is on sale in my online store is a joke against the woke… also it‘s perfectly normal to call oneself a fascist“ Walsh

[@augustuslunasol10thapostle]

@@Okuajub ill try to find it for OP (I believe it whole heartedly) since it seems they didn’t see your comment

[@videogamenostalgia]

@@Okuajub It was from one of those 'fireside chat'-type interviews the Daily Wire sometimes do. I couldn't tell you which one, but I did see it at the time. It's probably a couple of years old. He wasn't calling his own kids specifically mediocre, he was asked about his experiences as a parent and how he discusses ideas with his children. He said that he doesn't spend much time talking to his kids because children are generally 'mediocre'. Basically he views children like stupid adults that aren't worth his time, instead of children. It was a small throwaway comment but I've always been curious about the kind of parent someone like Ben Shapiro would be, so it stuck in my memory.

[@maritimeretro2855]

I'm particularly concerned by the willingness of republican schools to put things like this in their curriculum.

[@longliverocknroll5]

If my public school did, as a student, I’d walk out. I got in light trouble in high school for mocking a Christian conservative video that brought up some insane bs about why evolution wasn’t true. And this was in Canada during the late 2000s lol.

[@Bufekana]

​@@longliverocknroll5would you mock Allah in public..i dont think soo!!

[@longliverocknroll5]

@@Bufekana lmao I have literally done it in university in front of a Muslim friend

[@Bufekana]

@@longliverocknroll5 muslim friend? wow...heres a 🥇 dont brag too much, do it in front of a crowd of muslims, that you dont know...then come back and tell me how it went🙄

[@archangel9363]

Bold of you to assume there'd be a right-wing public school. If given the chance, they'll abolish the Secretary of Education office in a heartbeat since they're too lazy to reform it.

[@thisguy8106]

Creating a problem and then selling the "solution" has been the Conservative's Go To Move for decades now.

[@crab2195]

they saw the televangelists do it in the 80’s and said “me next” 😭

[@ChewyThomson]

Advertising too

[@Placeholder-lowercasen-ame]

wait holy shit i read fablehaven and the main villain group does that!!!

[@dinosaysrawr]

Yep---Bentkey and the like really do feel like Ben Shapiro and Jeremy Boreing looked at the alternative health industry and realized they could do the same with media if they swapped out "chemicals" for "wokeness."

[@thischannelhasbeenabandoned420]

V for Vendetta basically

[@PatrickWDunne]

Watching The Daily Wire waste $100M on this crap warms my heart

[@PlaylistGeneral]

I like to consider any wasteful spending done by conservatives as them paying late taxes.

[@MaticTheProto]

I get so many dw adverts… only upside is that every advert I get is wasted money for them

[@PxPtheBook]

@@MaticTheProtoDo what the Drew do: 1. Go to website 2. Look around it 3. Leave 4. Repeat all above until bankruptcy.

[@babygorilla4233]

Then came the $200M contract from the Texas Department of Education. Im joking but im also not there selling to schools and could actually make a lotta money off of this 😭

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

If it fails, it's likely just going to be a tax write-off for them. And they'll get to avoid paying even more in taxes.

[@RariettyC]

Conservatives talking about Bluey like it's conservative merely for focusing on a family with a mom and a dad grinds my gears. It would be such a power play if it introduced a child character with two dads or moms when they're 4 seasons in so that a bunch of bigots are forced to explain to their upset kids why they can't watch new episodes of their favorite show anymore

[@willofiron26]

They did. 1 of the friends bluey has is in a 2 mom family (Sapphic rep).

[@genericname2747]

The crazy Conservatives are already upset by Bluey for having parents that make mistakes and care about their kids feelings

[@Yogurt_Fingers]

Or you could make something people want to watch.. This is the problem with the Left. You can't survive without trying to force your ideology on people. You realize 99% of the entire world is against it right? You have straight white conservative men to thank for creating a culture so comfortable with rights allowing you to have your own views. Stop abusing the freedom you've been given by us.

[@michaelfiori6700]

Imagine being angry gay people exist. Also the culture shift is just accepting people for who they are. I have a core memory of my dad dropping me off at school and seeing the only gay kid who wore a skirt and shit.... saying does he go to your school? I said yes. He said he and his friends would have beaten him up and that kid would never want to dress like that again Cool dad. So your an asshole. Thanks for the tip early in life.

[@chrisg4305]

​@@genericname2747as a conservative, bluey is amazing. Quit projecting your false views about others like they are somehow valid.

[@killergrooves2438]

The fact that the guy keeps naming products after himself indicates to me that he’s a narcissist and the whole thing screams “If Hollywood won’t make me the next Jack Warner, I’m going to start my own club and make myself Jack Warner!”

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

Do you think he thinks he's Alexander the Great?

[@sarafontanini7051]

lady ballers does nothign to dissuade this idea, and in fact reinforces the idea he potetially unironically sees himself as god's gift to man

[@gapsule2326]

If this keeps going then maybe a rift will form between him and Ben. Cant have an egomaniac share a business let alone two. Ben even lowkey destroyed the premise of Ladyballers by revealing that they had originally wanted a documentary but no one wanted to do hormone treatment.

[@wabznasm9660]

@@gapsule2326Ben will leave it too late to split because he is WEAK. Man oozes weakness.

[@andallthatjazz5796]

​@@gapsule2326I don't know, I think Boering is too enraptured by Shapiro to be in an open conflict with him

[@notreallyhere67]

Another creator had an interview with someone from Bent Key Publishing based in the UK and they explained that "bent key" was basically meant to denote LGBTQ-ness in a way sooooo for Daily Wire is kind of misusing a term for their straight-laced product is kind of funny :)

[@jonathaneilbeck2263]

Also used to refer to a corrupt person, i.e. bent copper.

[@farfetchdthegamer3810]

“Straight-laced” I see what you did there

[@notreallyhere67]

@@farfetchdthegamer3810 there are layers to my comment ;)

[@wolfetteplays8894]

Words can have non-degen meanings alongside the degen ones, smart one.

[@heywoodjablome5380]

​@@wolfetteplays8894 Maybe a furry shouldn't judge dudes for kissing other dudes, asshat

[@dfolz1101]

My buddy is a newer dad (daughter is 3) and even he loves watching bluey. Says it's made him cry on multiple occasions.

[@anastasia.noelle]

i’m guessing he doesn’t wear the pants in the relationship…

[@Dubioushandle223]

@@anastasia.noelle Moron

[@YaamFel]

​@@anastasia.noellebecause to be a good dad you must be a cold calculating machine devoid of emotion, right?

[@glenstortroen1286]

​@@anastasia.noelle the male warrior characters in lord of the rings and pretty much every war movie youve ever seen actually do a lot of crying, ya know- cus theyre all bitches! Oh but thats also just fiction, in real life, men never shed tears over loved ones, or else that could be percieved as gay or womanly- if they make a mistake like that; a woman will simply place his nutsack in her purse and then she will assume his role as a man for the rest of time. Thats the birds and the bees of masculinity kids, i dont make the rules

[@michaelfiori6700]

​@@anastasia.noellefound one guys. A person who missed the point! In what reality do you live? Who tf cares who wears the pants? And even that is a outdated idea of a happy family. I guarantee kids would rather have a dad who can cry at bluey... than a dad who can't show any emotion. It's okay. Being wrong is part of life. Same thing I tell my 8 yr old who thinks he knows everything. Be wrong. Your wrong. It's okay. That's wht I tell him. Did anyone ever tell you that?

[@naota3k]

I cried when you played the bit from Fred Rogers in Congress. 26:43 is the most infuriating thing I've heard all week. Don't they _fucking dare_ disrespect Mr. Rogers' legacy like that.

[@averageuser2027]

shiver me timbers lol

[@juiceoverflow]

oooo he used italics! watch out everyone!

[@Pencilfiend241]

what bothers me is that they're trying to make art without caring about art. They want to make political statements, not art.

[@RumchugMusic]

While claiming other artists are the political hacks. Creatives tend to be liberal. I don't know why, but that's just how it is.

[@bigoofsushi6979]

​@@RumchugMusicart is usually for disrupting the status quo, or at least, looking at it in a different light. Conservatives, people who want to keep the status quo, even if it would benefit people to... Not keep it, aren't able to do something like that, which makes it somewhat difficult to make engaging art, especially for kids.

[@IJustAnimateThatsTheJist]

@@RumchugMusic+ The trend I’ve noticed in the art/animation/writing field with creatives usually being liberal is that they are much more likely to represent/explore different narratives compared to their conservative counterparts. Imagine this: you want to write a story about someone. Wouldn’t it be boring to write multiple stories about extremely similar character archetypes? Very specific cis-hetero white guys that have basic jobs doing slightly similar things in different stories isn’t interesting. Creative people like tackling new things; being a new visual style, new conflicts or new backgrounds for the stories they write. Writing about the same guy in the same place doing the same things over and over would drive an artist absolutely mad. That’s why struggles such as racial disparities, wars, discrimination, dystopian ideas and poverty can be so intriguing to write/read. (Also, someone above me mentioned the fact that liberals also tend to break/not follow the status quo; which is also correct. Challenging status quo ideas is absolutely crucial in the process of creating/innovating interesting topics people typically want to read.)

[@looney8005]

Also another thing is that they are going into it with the focus on combating political “agendas” that they do not agree with instead of genuinely being interested in creating fun stories, hence why some are a bit soulless. I am not making it up as I seen some people themselves admit it through reviews. They have the right to do what they want but I eluding be surprised if it flops the way new movies/shows flop since it sort of does seem to lack people who love to create for more than just political reasons .

[@juniperrodley9843]

@@RumchugMusic Making good art requires some degree of understanding things. Conservatism requires the opposite.

[@justineberlein5916]

Fun fact! Apparently, the full story about the bent key is something that can't be told in polite society, which makes it ironic that they named a family-friendly streaming service after it

[@KaritKtana]

YT isn't polite society, so tell it :)

[@malaksafa4074]

Ya tell!

[@royalFiddle]

What did Jeremy Boring SA someone with the key?

[@fightthepowerman]

Imagine just dropping this without elaborating.

[@mermalade_]

@@fightthepowermancoming from Writing With Savvy's video , he never elaborated himself AFAIK

[@Dragzerg77]

The dailywire ceo Jeremy seems to be like Musk, every product MUST have something to do with him and his personal brand.

[@harveyhaslostit]

Which is ironically the only reason I know him at all I've about the daily wire and their hosts for months before I first heard Jeremy Boreings name because he plugged one of their products (I think it was the razors) and my first reaction was "who tf is that guy and why isn't there a photo of Bennyboi on the packaging?" Like for how much he wants to be involved in the marketing of their products it seems almost weird how little presence he has in their videos and shows

[@somik-i3x]

He directed and started in the anti-trans movie. And one woman in movie want to fuck his character since he is a winner. Boreing made a fucking self-insert movie.

[@mikejeffries3333]

It seems like conservative CEOs can't resist that sort of stuff in general. I mean, let's not forget the clown president and his inability to possess or produce anything that doesn't have his name stamped on it.

[@tonsofsodium6641]

Oh my word Mabel could probably serve as something to put children to sleep for nap time. Hearts in the right place but horribly uninteresting. Mr. Rogers understood that *neutrality* is, on occasion, untenable and even wrong. That's part of why his show was interesting, even for adults -- he knew when to take a stand, if softly and subtlely.

[@alanfike]

Shouting at women who seek an abortion = "upholding values". Two female characters kissing in a cartoon = "identify politics".

[@levtieart3409]

dont forget ''female main character exists '' or ''a movie for women'' =woke anti men agenda or god forbid a woman with short hair or wearing pants and colopur blue = trans bs [look at the chinchilla vs bluey ,they think bluey is woke cuz bluey is blue and a GORL ,in their ripoff they made super sxist gender stereotypes in characters and gendered ''making girls pink and purple with long hair and skirts'' etc

[@mj.l]

without hypocrisy and projection, conservative talking heads would have nothing to talk about

[@HotDogTimeMachine385]

Not just abortion, even just going to a check up. KZbinr Illymation talked in a video how she went for a checkup (that later turned out to be a cancerous growth that she had to remove) and she was called a murder by rightwinger nutjobs standing outside the clinic.

[@LordHoward]

they're not different actually. in both cases, it'd be "fighting еvil"

[@Dr.Frogerston]

@@LordHoward I think it's more towards "fighting worldliness" or something. Like anything non-Christian = bad in this scenario.

[@blackpajamas6600]

I have a niece and nephews who effing love Bluey, and I've only ever felt a headache when I tried to watch it. But not after that clip of the little sister using the Freezez Game as a way to vent her feelings safely, I think maybe it's my niece and nephews that are making it unenjoyable. What a gem of a show.

[@vxicepickxv]

It's definitely the kids making it more difficult for you. When my daughter is calm, the show is very enjoyable. When she's jumping around and being loud, not so much.

[@jdinman84]

"No one should ever take Chris Rufo seriously" need to be said over and over again

[@FooneTuring]

I was a huge fan of The Pendragon Cycle books as a kid, so I'm slightly destroyed by finding out the Daily Wire of all people are going to be adapting them to a film

[@Ijustusethistocommentstuff]

Worse, its the technical END to the series.

[@glenstortroen1286]

Harsh, and so far it looks like a shakespear play turned into a Hallmark movie. Im still shocked- people will compare it to Game of Thrones, then toss it and laugh.

[@ericc9321]

@@glenstortroen1286 People should be comparing it to Disney+ Percy Jackson, since that's what it's obviously trying to be.

[@judgejudyandexecutioner]

Why do conservative kids need their own streaming service? Shouldn't their mothers spend all day interacting with them, teaching them, caring for them? There should be so many non-TV activities in the traditional conservative home, especially for home-schooled kids, that they really shouldn't be watching anything. "The Family" existed before TV, after all. Maybe those conservative kids should be reading the Bible instead. Just sayin'.

[@quirkyblackenby]

lol don’t encourage them

[@MichaelLovely-mr6oh]

They want to be part of the modern world but have their own version. In my opinion; Netflix, Hulu, Disney Plus, and Paramount Plus are overrated. It's why I'm more interested in a streaming service called FuboTV because it allows me to access programs from The Weather Channel. A personal favorite of mine is a show called "Tornado Alley" as you can satisfy your fascination with tornadoes via episodes grouped under one of the following secondary titles: 1.) "Real Time Tornado." 2.) "Big City Twister." 3.) "I Survived." 4.) "Twisted Beliefs."

[@crestren5996]

"mom can we have Bluey?" "No honey we have Bluey at home" Bluey at home:

[@lizd2943]

I can't believe the people who thought setting Die Hard in a school shooting was a good idea would struggle to make children's entertainment.

[@mklptrk]

José - the fact that you actually tried the kids workout is not lost on me and makes you infinitely more fair and balanced than any so-called left or right wing media. Kudos to you.

[@RumchugMusic]

The problem woth those workouts is that they're the same things they'll do in an adult crossfit class. The exercises aren't kiddie or fun, it's just regular exercise.

[@lowpolyzoe]

Describing Bluey as a conservative show is weird to me. I can't say it's making any progressive statements either but it's a show that seems to understand its child characters as little humans who aren't just their parents property, which is something conservatives don't exactly agree with? It's hard to describe without sounding like I'm poisoning the well but I've also seen conservatives in the past dislike Bluey because Bandit and Chilli are too "soft", so, like.

[@sidnekate1050]

It does really show a lot of different types of families, including disabled characters, and even touches on issues like infertility and mental health. All in all, it's far more inclusive and progressive than a lot of kids' content out there which is part of why it is wild to see it be claimed as conservative.

[@guldmattbb473]

Honestly, your point about BK still managing to showcase their biases is really interesting. Like, if ChipChilla had same sex parents or even a single parent, then it would have definitely been considered woke even if NOTHING ELSE changed. If Mabel wasn’t a white woman and were instead a woman of color, I have no doubt they would have the same woke critique even if literally nothing else changed. It just goes to show that, in their attempts to make non-offensive and non-woke content, they at best made dull uninteresting crap and at worst showcased how much they truly other marginalized groups and want to leave them out. It’s kinda just why I can’t subscribe to this ideology. I’m biracial, I’m autistic, I’m bisexual, I’m even kinda questioning my gender. I hate to see my very existing treated like it’s abnormal and, therefore, political. I can only exist to people like Daily Wire and BentKey as a political talking point, not a person.

[@adrianghandtchi1562]

Especially in that kind of sphere, where at best, i am a controversial figure, and at worse they want me dead. It’s quite frightening that I can’t exist, even as just as a gay man, But then again, I don’t think a lot of people in this category as much. The loudest just tend to be the ones at the top, screaming the most about it.

[@LeoFieTv]

I'm certain that Bentkey Snow White movie doesn't exist. They bought a polyester dress for Cooper (that's not historical to any period, but modern), put her in a forest, filmed her for a few minutes and made a teaser. Nothing more. Maybe they will make a thing, but given how close the Disney Snow White outrage and the teaser were to each other, there is no way they made a movie.

[@glenstortroen1286]

Plausible theory considering how little there is about it to be found online. They could be making it though. Wait, would it be funnier if they admit later that it wasn't true, or they dropped it? I think so actually

[@Aurondoggo]

No seriously Jose. Deep dive bluey!!!! Do it. It will save your immortal soul with awesomeness and wholesomeness. You WILL NOT regret it in any way.

[@rara-pm6ug]

the bentkey logo bothers me very much, it's borderline unsettling

[@yourtimetraveleralara]

Yeah me too.

[@chaotic.tired.goblin.]

Ok good it isn’t just me

[@squirerassilon352]

Ben's face on the left of the frame during some of those interview clips is what it looks like to be completely dead inside

[@glenstortroen1286]

Damn i listened to most of this in my car so i never noticed, he actually does and he even does a pathetic job at fake smiling and nervously laughing at what boering says. Kind of a trip, they dont genuinely like eachother.

[@noneofyourbusiness4616]

Just randomly dropping something I liked from the game "Marvel's Midnight Suns." Someone asks superhero Captain America if he can call him "Mister Rogers" (since his real name is Steve Rogers) and Cap replies something to the effect of "sorry -- there's no way I could live up to his example."

[@allyabernathy4098]

the thing is, they don’t NEED to be profitable; the donors supplying funds for DW content don’t need to turn a profit on any of it because they’re playing a longer game and hoping to see profits in the brainwashed masses they’re hoping to grow and capitalize on. that’s my own conspiracy theory on why they’re so secretive about their numbers - if they were open about them, folks would see that: 1. they aren’t as popular as they claim to be, and 2. that the money must be coming from somewhere else, which begs the question: where?

[@glenstortroen1286]

Im hoping some internet folks will air their laundry with those exact figures sometime early next year. In the time where some people actually think Netflix and Disney are 'struggling'- what does Daily wires subscriber and engagement count actually look like by comparison?

[@SgtKaneGunlock]

im pretty sure its pretro-dolloars like the kochs or some shit they tend to dumb alot of money in fascist laps

[@allyabernathy4098]

@@glenstortroen1286 yes! would also love that. crowder got close by revealing his offer for $50 million - lol what breadtuber is out here getting offers with that kind of money?

[@sarasilly]

That's what I think also. It's been documented that they get their funding from oil billionaires to spew their propaganda (why they took out the kids show episodes of climate change). The billionaires probably get a tax write off and DW get to make propaganda and more useless nonsense. Even if their shows are trash. All the failed screenwriters, actors and directors there can have their egos stroked.

[@autumnwyvern489]

I wonder how many episodes of Ernest and Celestine they are going to end up having. The 2012 movie is a delight (and the director ran a behind the scenes blog on tumblr in the year or so running up to its release) and also... VERY MUCH SO about class and unity. I haven't seen the new film yet, the GKIDS release came out in september and i just haven't had the chance to chase it down. But that movie is about the duo going to Ernest's home country to fix a violin only to find out that all music has become outlawed and they join up with an underground resistance of musicians to help bring joy and music back to the land. So. Yeaaaah. Oh and the animation scene in France has been just popping off these past few years across all age groups. Thats probably why so many of the shows are French. Honestly one of (if not, perhaps the best?) animation news websites, Catsuka, is French and has been covering animation news from all over the world for over 20 years.

[@kezia8027]

"and when vanity projects get mainstream attention it's usually for the wrong reason" "Oh hi mark" 🤣🤣🤣 honestly though I would watch anything by wisaeu 100 times over before subjecting myself to the tripe that bent key is//will be producing.

[@averyeml]

“Those tapes leaked about what was happening in Disney” he says as if it was some hidden secret meeting and not a literal interview/press conference type thing with an official logo and an interpreter

[@somik-i3x]

It's a secret if you live in a cave somewhere.

[@juliaboon9741]

Correction, Bluey is an ABC show (Australian Broadcasting Company) and is the Australian version of PBS. It is licenced to Disney to air in the USA.

[@s0larpr0phet68]

You should totally keep up with Bluey. It's a gem of show that not only tried to teach younger kids messages but also teaches adults how to listen and engage with children in helpful and productive ways. Also, it's a just a good show in general.

[@SometimestheY]

"Creating a problem and then selling a solution" is such an apt description for so much of what the right does.

[@LukeLeonettiYouTube]

I remember when SaberSpark actually paid for a subscription for this stupid service and then when he tried to cancel it, Bentkey wasn’t allowing him to do so. That was funny as fuck

[@norikofu509]

And how Twitter almost crucified him tho, what a circus

[@Froggsroxx]

11:56 you either die in the culture war or live long enough to need a safe space 😂

[@tennicksalvarez9079]

Fr

[@callen9623]

“We should have hired Glenn Beck as the next MR. Rogers” 🤮

[@redpandamaniacal]

Bentkey sounds remarkably similar to the Japanese word for toilet (便器) and I'm having trouble getting over that, lol.

[@davyhotch]

Mabel gives me ,'Green is not a creative colour' vibes

[@yourtimetraveleralara]

Yeah.

[@Montesama314]

If Jeremy Boring had a third of the creative energy of Don't Hug Me I'm Scared, I might actually be impressed by a Daily Wire movie.

[@manderly33]

THANK you for mention the BG original story of Snow White which is boooonkers (as are many of the original BG stories. Also they are much shorter than the sanitized version. Brett Cooper is too old to play BG Snow White, who is seven when the story gets going. Also the evil queen is her real mom, not stepmom. Personally I’m looking forward to the scenes where the prince carries her corpse around for days because he can’t bear to be away from it.

[@DiegoRodriguez-du3nn]

And what I love about the sanitized version of Snow White is that the Brothers Grimm versions were in many cases also the sanitized versions (one big thing they did is change cruel mothers for stepmother's, because the morals of the public they were directed at, they also softened some of the more gore descriptions).

[@sjwsmasher4398]

Ok, Social Justice Weirdo

[@manderly33]

@@sjwsmasher4398 Most pathetic bot ever.

[@sjwsmasher4398]

@@manderly33 ok Social Justice Weirdo

[@22wolves22]

Bentkey? More like Bentdeeznutz

[@WaluigiisthekingASmith]

Genuinely 50% lgbt+/racial minorities would be just completely normal. In fact 50% would be quite small. 65% of California for example is not white.

[@eko9554]

I’m Filipino and grew up in Cali

[@MichaelLovely-mr6oh]

​@@eko9554I never knew this before; but there's a neighborhood in Los Angeles, CA called Filipino Village. Nor did I know that there is a neighborhood in Los Angeles called Thai Town. However I did know that Los Angeles has ethnic neighborhoods such as Little Tokyo, Koreatown and Chinatown. Of the Chinatown of Los Angeles isn't as well-known as the ones in San Francisco or New York City.

[@eko9554]

@@MichaelLovely-mr6oh Yeah I do know those. I remember visiting Chinatown and Little Tokyo as a kid.

[@MichaelLovely-mr6oh]

@@eko9554 Ooh. Have you ever visited Koreatown? During the 1992 L.A. riots; the L.A.P.D. abandoned Koreatown and left the city's Korean community to fend for themselves while the police protected Hollywood and Beverly Hills. Sickening!

[@eko9554]

@@MichaelLovely-mr6oh No I’m gen z lol. I still live there. I’ve been to korea town.

[@dstayton]

Imagine adapting Atlas Shrugged, a book that only works in fantasy land because the hero’s only win because they find the magical infinite resource valley.

[@13579zod]

I just want to point out that Mr Dressup first aired on the 13th of February 1967, and Mr Rogers first aired on the 19th of February 1968. I wouldn't go so far to say either one is a knock off of the other, they're both excellent.

[@sadisticgamer123]

This is technically correct but mister rogers was involved in children’s educational television since the 1950’s and his first Mr rogers show was in 1963 also in Canada

[@SincerelyFromStephen]

Mr. Rogers is easily one of the greatest people to ever live

[@kennyobi9871]

Right next to Bob Ross

[@chadtiemeyer2175]

That clip of him speaking in front of the Senate committee is so thoughtful. What if television showed men resolving their anger without violence or gunfights.

[@natebetts9426]

Bent Key is a perfect name. It's useless because it won't work and would snap under pressure.

[@Paratet]

I was floored when I saw Ernest and Celestine on there. That movie is an absolute delight and I'm sure the quality has to make the rest of the shows look really bad.

[@dinosaysrawr]

At least kids with wacko fundie parents will get to enjoy a small taste of actual quality. Clangers sounds like a banger, too!

[@llucero94]

As soon as DW finds out that Ernest is voiced by a black actor, they'll quickly pull the movie. Or have his lines redubbed by Kevin Sorbo/Mel Gibson.

[@donnacasey8890]

Same! Ernest and Celestine goes against the Daily Wire’s core values and deserves to be seen by a wider non-French audience

[@Paratet]

@@donnacasey8890 you mean a movie/series about overcoming systems of prejudice and oppression to live a life of harmony and joy go directly against the conservative ideology of struggle and division giving the lucky few power over everyone clashes? Nah. It's really just about the pretty European artwork. It's about western values, you see.

[@Squishy876]

The fact that conservatives can't do subtley is endlessly funny to me

[@sloanekuria3249]

seems like there should be a cognitive metric for that

[@willywonka7812]

They can, but how effective is propaganda that won't be understood by your illiterate target

[@anastasia.noelle]

neither can liberals lol

[@chavaspada]

​​@@anastasia.noelleliberals are conservative (center right)

[@bellchime3078]

@@anastasia.noellethere have been literally studies showing that conservatives struggle with media literacy and often don’t even realize when they’re being made fun of

[@morbidsearch]

So nobody told them that "bent" is a British slang word for homosexual?

[@entershikarii]

And?

[@gocelotspice5766]

I actually loved rapunzels tangled adventure so it’s sad to see him go to daily wire

[@justineberlein5916]

I mean, at least they'll have good writers? Like I know that the twist with Cass is controversial on a level rivaled only by the lion turtles, but I consider the execution, at least, a gold standard in how to write a plot twist

[@jennieacharjee6689]

I'm the same except with clangers. I loved that show when i was young and now look where it is

[@Stephen-Fox]

I think you'd be interested in Savvy Write's Books coverage of the service, since she's got a background in children's writing and children's education so is better equipped to judge the quality of the various programs than you seemed to consider yourself in your discussion of Chip Chilla. My main takeaway from which was that the name has made an absolute cluster-f for the UK book publisher also called Bent Key. Who are now in a trademark dispute with the Daily Wire. Interesting interview with the founder of the British Bent Key.

[@TheMrOkamiden]

Given how much money they're pumping into their streaming services, how long do you think it will take before the Daily Wire tries to manufacture the same sort of streaming service bang of success that was Dinsey+'s "The Mandalorian" with their own take on a "Conservative" "Mandalorian"?

[@dakat5131]

I know of an actress they could recruit for it...

[@jimhaverlock9784]

Given that Ben is already doing lighting stand in work for Grogu…

[@MaticTheProto]

@@dakat5131Yeah… I honestly see her removal as fully justified. I saw her tweets and yikes. The desperate attempt to play the victim, equating mask wearing to being a Jew in Auschwitz… As a German who learned about all the details in history class that‘s unfathomably bad taste. We had a right wing protester in Germany do the same, she became the country‘s laughing stock.

[@bbrbbr-on2gd]

Call it "Empire Wars", but they're fighting space China. With a blonde haired messiah figure, who wields an "energy sword" powered by his faith. Maybe he also has a girlfriend who's a princess?

[@TheMrOkamiden]

@@bbrbbr-on2gd Yeah. I can actually see that happening. With the empire in question being the good guys. And because they want to cash in on star wars. They're of course visually inspired by the empire of star wars. Both because in their eyes, the empire are no doubt the good guys. And because the nazi metaphor goes right above their heads, because "Star wars was never political before Disney bought it" and all that.

[@iPig]

The thought of Walsh popping up in a children's show is just... ugh.

[@IvanVKlik]

the thought of g®⭕⭕merslike you being around actual children is just... ugh.

[@nicholasrodinos4701]

@@IvanVKlik Well Matt Walsh did admit he'd force children into marriage. I guess that's not grooming by Republican standards.

[@trashrabbit69]

"Rob Schneider is... a chinchilla!"

[@susiefairfield7218]

Ikr? Duecey! Duecey! Duecey!😂😂😂

[@harmoniousrex]

Reactionaries have literally never successfully driven popular culture. I am unconcerned by the DW's newest money fire.

[@augustuslunasol10thapostle]

You should texas just gave those fuckers 200 mil

[@glenstortroen1286]

Alex Jones did a pretty good job inspiring a bunch of freaks but i do agree, none of this stuff is going to have lasting power- and it wont even indoctrinate gen alpha or further generations in any meaninful way beyond what kids would already be subject to because of their wingnut parents. If a parent is mentally bankrupt enough to purchase a product like Bentkey for a whole year subscription, their kids were damned to far right indoctrination either way.

[@sjwsmasher4398]

Clearly you've never watched Anime

[@ShenDoodles]

The Clangers is one of the greatest UK kids' shows of all time. It's fun, charming, and creative. I used to watch that and Bagpuss every night before bed as a kid and it always made bedtime fun. It hurts seeing it on Bentkey.

[@ShenDoodles]

@@entershikarii Because it's The Daily Wire

[@entershikarii]

@@ShenDoodles Fair enough, but I guess the creators of Clangers had no issues sharing the show with others of a different persuasion to yours.

[@ShenDoodles]

@@entershikariiYou mean fake news peddlers.

[@happycamperds9917]

I find the inclusion of Ernest and Celestine hilarious because I watched a movie with them and it was criticizing how police officers enforce segregation.

[@entershikarii]

Conservatives do not like segregation too. ‘DEIers’ are the ones pushing that nowadays. Ernest et Celestine’s a good fit, no agenda, just a beautiful story.

[@teamtsn9626]

This chinchilla show is such a clear dollar store Bluey lol

[@bex2064]

The Daily Wire makes my brain hurt

[@markb6978]

It’s meant for people without brains.

[@sjwsmasher4398]

Ok, Social Justice Weirdo

[@foxhound9780]

I love how confident they about having brett copper and rob schinder as a talent like its a sign of quality like there are much better actors who will do anything.

[@glenstortroen1286]

Rob Schnieder is the definition of a washed up has been. Brett Cooper on the other hand- i dont think she's actually ready to be compared to Rachel Ziegler so directly, thats gonna be soul crushing if she actually wants a real acting career

[@llucero94]

​@@glenstortroen1286 Rob Schneider goes to bed every night thanking God for his friendship with Adam Sandler. Because how else would a guy who's objectively a talentless hack have gotten that much success in the late 90s/early 2000s?

[@leopoldmolitch4040]

Thank god these people are reaching out directly to children to tell them how to think, to save them from grooming. Oh....wait......

[@sjwsmasher4398]

Ok, Social Justice Weirdo

[@SconnerStudios]

I'd let my kids watch Infowars before I let them watch TDW. At least infowars could teach them method acting to become a WWE wrestler. What could you possibly learn from Shapiro, matt walsh, and that other guy nobody can ever remember because he's third banana to Shapiro and Walsh.

[@rezalustig6773]

Steven Crowder? He’s too busy with his marital problems and prescription drug abuse to do much.

[@freddiefishton]

I remember his name, it’s Joe :troll:

[@SconnerStudios]

@@freddiefishton Tom? Sam? Barbara Ann? We'll never knowles their name. Wait! That's it! Jesse Waters is the third guy at the daily wire.

[@gamrgool4521]

@@freddiefishton jO3 wUh+?!

[@freddiefishton]

@@gamrgool4521 JOE MAWMAW commonly known as Megalodontia from Splatoon 3’s Salmon Run: Next Wave

[@LemonadeWarrior8945-zk6wf]

Any parent who makes their kid watch this should be charged with child abuse

[@sjwsmasher4398]

Ok Social Justice Weirdo

[@akhimahathir2004]

​@@sjwsmasher4398L

[@entershikarii]

Just like watching Disney and charged with grooming

[@LindsayBallif]

When vanity projects get mainstream attention it’s usually for the wrong reasons. “OH HI MARK” Has me rolling. BEAUTIFUL EDIT

[@fununclenerfs]

A kid admitting to watching this is definitely getting bullied at school

[@glenstortroen1286]

Seeing as little kids these days can get bullied for not being good at or having access to Fortnite- most definitely.

[@airplanes_aren.t_real]

They are gonna call him "bent billy"

[@mr.x2567]

Good.

[@sjwsmasher4398]

Ok, Social Justice Weirdo

[@Baelor-Breakspear]

Rob Schneider from the hit films the carrot and the stabler?? Incredibly talented

[@noahvance6160]

Don't forget the masterpiece that was Kenny.

[@Baelor-Breakspear]

@@noahvance6160 amazing piece of cinema

[@Baelor-Breakspear]

@@noahvance6160 brought me to tears. 😢

[@Busto]

The cut away after, "When vanity projects get mainstream attention, it's probably for the wrong reasons", was priceless 😭🤣🤣 Kudos

[@PatrickWDunne]

Oh snap! Savy Writes Book and Dead Domain covered this too.

[@dakat5131]

It's a shame (and kind of weird) they were able to license Ernest & Clementine.

[@llucero94]

I’m surprised they even bothered, since Ernest’s English VA is Forest Whitaker. And the Daily Wire is barely subtle about their disdain towards black people.

[@sloanekuria3249]

You never know when well-made media can help kids trapped in rigid subcultures with a window to a better future. I'm surprised they licensed something so.... good!

[@niltoast]

Took me a while to find a comment about this, yeah it's so weird...

[@jonathaneilbeck2263]

I think the licensers didn't know who and what the Daily Wire is. There's probably an equivalent to the Daily Wire in France the most of us English speakers don't know about.

[@itsirrelephantman]

The bent key represents locking knowledge away from children.

[@Fish_1914]

Like what? Drag queens? I'm happy with that

[@itsirrelephantman]

@@Fish_1914 the vast majority of child abuse and child sexual abuse happens in the family home by somebody the child already knows. Children when they grow up are going to learn about drag queens and they'll know you lied to them, they'll know drag queens werent the threat, but it was Uncle (insert name) or Step Dad who were the real dangers. You people are so dumb that you're going children make it more likely that pedos get away with their crimes. By portraying pedos as a certain type of person you miss the point completely, the truth is pedos come from all walks of life, and you're just as likely to be one for all I know. Given the fact that you're pointing the finger at others, it's making me think you're trying to misdirect people away from what you are.

[@mr.x2567]

@@Fish_1914there are worse problems like kids that are literally starving right now.

[@Fish_1914]

@@mr.x2567 Idk drag queens in front of kids is pretty close

[@lavenzavantas]

​@@Fish_1914how is it a problem

[@parkersquirrell252]

I love Ernest et Celestine, we watched it in french class in high school and it was very cute and sweet, and our class conversation about it still holds fond memories for me

[@gnocchidokie]

Only because it's come up a whopping two times for me in the last three decades, but I have a little Mr. Dressup anecdote. I grew up in the middle of nowhere USA on a farm, but unbeknownst to me we were one of the first families to have a satellite dish hooked up to our TV. Not the sleek directv kind, but the giant two story tall satellite that was mounted in cement in the front yard (it came with our new house). This was the wild west days of airwaves, so if it was pointed in the right direction we could get shows from all over the American continent. Press the wrong button and everything was in Spanish, that sort of thing. Mr. Dressup was my absolute favorite show, and since it was on my tv in my house I had no clue that I was tuning in from so far away. Mr. Dressup was pivotal to my upbringing, teaching me the ABCs and everything. When I finally got to preschool I was very prepared, and when we sang the ABCs I was more than ready. I sang the loudest and most confidently all the way to the end when I shouted "w, x, y, and ZED!" The entire class laughed, including the teacher. "It's zee!" they said. Most people in the midwest in the early 90s had no idea that english was a little different in other countries, so it wasn't turned into a learning moment, but rather hung in the air as my first experience of shame. But as I got older I realized that I simply new more things than most of the people around me, a feeling I haven't been able to shake since. Thanks, Mr. Dressup, for the smugness that has helped me survive this big dumb world.

[@thelanktheist2626]

The interesting difference between Chip Chilla and Bluey is that Bluey keeps all of their kid actors anonymous, Chip Chilla didn’t. Hmmm I wonder why that is 🤔 they wanna form future child stars for the right? Also, of course its different from Bluey. Bluey usually rights good life lessons, Chip Chilla writes… be nice or we will destroy your toys. Also, the Chilla kids are home-schooled. School choice :/ greaaaaat. More time for lame parents.

[@GraphiteShores]

I think that's just more of a preference thing because it's the animator's kids who are voicing the characters rather than child voice actors who need to be brought in and credited. Dan Kois nailed it on that article, where Chip Chilla is weighed down by the homeschooling angle where the kids are more participants in whatever the adults propose while with a lot of kids shows you have the KIDS be the driving force. I'm not saying it's impossible to have a good homeschool-focused kids show, it's just something that requires a bit of fine-tuning which may or may not happen with Chip Chilla.

[@phoney2627]

Also them claiming that Bluey is conservative just shows that they have no media literacy and all they see is no lgbt characters/no poc character =not woke (I mean we don't know who's poc and who's not since they're dogs)

[@thelanktheist2626]

@@GraphiteShorestrue but in my opinion child privacy should be lended even if the animator’s kids aren’t the ones voice acting. But honestly? Conservatives hate child privacy so that’s nothing shocking.

[@ghintz2156]

The Bent Key logo is really terrible.

[@Dragoderian]

Mabel McClay also reminds me of the New Zealand equivalent, Suzie's World. Which also had a way, way better opening and closing theme.

[@NightmareLyra]

As a Norwegian, all I can say is I'm glad Glenn Beck is made completely irrelevant at this point, screw that guy

[@IvanVKlik]

as an American, all I can say is that no one here on any side of anything cares about your silly european opinions lmao