Re: NHK Children's Shows pre-occupation with poop.
"Rawhead Rex (RSPW's post inspector)" <rubmeself@raw.com> wrote in
news:Xns95697A4336828divakillers@216.196.97.131:
> deejayREMOVE@THISmm.com (Steve Sundberg) wrote in
> news:414cf20e.197050984 @news1.mm.com:
>
>> On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 11:43:51 -0500, "Rawhead Rex (RSPW's post
>> inspector)" <rubmeself@raw.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>There's one thing about being curious about animals and yours and
>>>others' bodies. It's another thing for grown adults to be obsessed
> with
>>>talking and writing daily scripts about poop.
>>
>> They aren't "talking and writing daily scripts" about poop. They are
>> creating curriculum for children that teaches themd about one of the
>> most common, everyday bodily functions a person has, and in a form
>> that the child -- their TV audience -- will easily understand and
>> absorb ... much like a diaper, I suppose.
>>
>>
>>
>
> "Pants Pankuro" doesn't teach anything of the kind. It's basically
> the bird in every episode saying, "I need to take a poop (or pee)!" to
> the toilet or "I soiled myself!" to the washing machine, or Pankuro's
> sister wetting herself everytime she is surprised or embarrassed. If
> it were a childlike treatise on potty training and/or not to be
> embarrassed when things like wetting the bed occur would be one thing.
> However, the things on the show are done in said just for the sake of
> doing and saying them. Please watch 2 weeks of episodes and then tell
> me your opinion.
>
Addendum: Looking at your IP, I see you are posting from Minnesota.
Perhaps I should record a few of those shorts(no pun intended) and upload
them to a binaries NG for your perusal.
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