{"id":156242,"date":"2021-02-21T10:39:22","date_gmt":"2021-02-21T15:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=156242"},"modified":"2021-02-21T11:13:34","modified_gmt":"2021-02-21T16:13:34","slug":"kermit-canceled-disney-slaps-offensive-content-label-on-the-muppet-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kermit-canceled-disney-slaps-offensive-content-label-on-the-muppet-show\/","title":{"rendered":"KERMIT CANCELED? Disney Slaps \u2018Offensive Content\u2019 Label On The Muppet Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkermit-canceled-disney-slaps-offensive-content-label-on-the-muppet-show%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=156242&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/kermit-2.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Disney has decided that \u201cThe Muppet Show\u201d \u2014 featuring Kermit the Frog, Fozzie Bear and Miss Piggy \u2014 contains \u201coffensive content\u201d and can now be seen only on an adult account.<\/p>\n<p>When viewers open the streaming service, which made five series available last Friday, viewers are greeted with the Disclaimer: \u201cThis program includes negative depictions and\/or mistreatment of people or cultures. These stereotypes were wrong then and are wrong now,\u201d The Daily Mail <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-9282625\/The-Muppet-comes-alert-offensive-content-Disney.html\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRather than remove this content, we want to acknowledge its harmful impact, learn from it and spark conversation to create a more inclusive future together. Disney is committed to creating stories with inspirational and aspirational themes that reflect the rich diversity of the human experience around the globe,\u201d the statement says.<\/p>\n<p>Said the Mail: \u201cThe warning is believed to refer to Muppet characters designed as stereotypes of Native Americans, Arabs and East Asians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Twitter users blasted the move. \u201cNothing screams offensive like fury puppets. When I think of a cultural danger to society, it\u2019s obviously Jim Henson\u2019s Muppets,\u201d wrote one.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nothing screams offensive like fury puppets. When I think of a cultural danger to society, it\u2019s obviously Jim Henson\u2019s Muppets <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LfH0C1bJ8b\">https:\/\/t.co\/LfH0C1bJ8b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Quinlan (@TommyQuinlan_IV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TommyQuinlan_IV\/status\/1363497985263472644?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Another Twitterer warned the cancel culture will soon target another famous muppet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m surprised the internet hasn\u2019t tried Cancelling the Muppets\u2019 Swedish Chef yet, since every and any thing is offensive now,\u201d wrote the user.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m surprised the internet hasn\u2019t tried Cancelling the Muppets\u2019 Swedish Chef yet, since every and any thing is offensive now.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Billy Herrington (@8illyherrington) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/8illyherrington\/status\/1361294969382658053?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In January, Disney blocked children younger than 7 from watching some classic animated movies including \u201cPeter Pan,\u201d \u201cDumbo\u201d and \u201cThe Aristocats.\u201d The move was made because of concerns that the films show racist stereotypes.<\/p>\n<p>On Dumbo, Disney said: \u201cThe crows and musical number pay homage to racist minstrel shows, where white performers with blackened faces and tattered clothing imitated and ridiculed enslaved Africans on Southern plantations. The leader of the group in Dumbo is Jim Crow, which shares the name of laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States. In \u2018The Song of the Roustabouts,\u2019 faceless Black workers toil away to offensive lyrics like \u2018When we get our pay, we throw our money all away.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Disney also declared that \u201cPeter Pan,\u201d released in 1953, portrays offensive stereotypes that were inappropriate to those under seven.<\/p>\n<p>In October, the company mulled the move to limit young viewers access to the children\u2019s classic. \u201cThe film portrays Native people in a stereotypical manner that reflects neither the diversity of Native peoples nor their authentic cultural traditions,\u201d the company said.<\/p>\n<p>Disney added Disclaimers to classic films on its streaming service to warn viewers that some scenes contain \u201cnegative depictions\u201d and \u201cmistreatment of people or cultures.\u201d&nbsp;\u201cThese stereotypes were wrong then and are wrong now. Rather than remove this content, we want to acknowledge its harmful impact, learn from it and spark conversation to create a more inclusive future together,\u201d says the 12-second Disclaimer, which cannot be skipped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs part of our ongoing commitment to diversity and inclusion, we are in the process of reviewing our library and adding advisories to content that includes negative depictions or mistreatment of people or cultures,\u201d the site says. \u201cWe can\u2019t change the past, but we can acknowledge it, learn from it and move forward together to create a tomorrow that today can only dream of.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disney has decided that \u201cThe Muppet Show\u201d \u2014 featuring Kermit the Frog, Fozzie Bear and Miss Piggy \u2014 contains \u201coffensive content\u201d and can now be seen only on an adult &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2181604,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/kermit-2.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"KERMIT CANCELED? 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