The warning on the Steve Martin episode knocked me on my heels a bit, but whatever.
I like that they don’t put a warning on the Lynda Carter episode which features an opening number celebrating cannibalism set to a Beatles classic. Cannibalism = fine. Gonzo shouting “burrito” and the six other Spanish words he knows = not fine. It’s a sketch in and of itself. On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 10:02 AM Mark Jeffries <spotligh...@gmail.com> wrote: > The long-awaited streaming debut of "The Muppet Show" occurred Friday on > Disney+, but Disney has slapped content warnings on 18 episodes containing > what they claim are racist or stereotypical views--this post from NBC's LX > gives some examples: > > > https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/the-confederate-flag-gypsy-curses-and-other-reasons-disney-plus-slapped-content-warnings-on-the-muppet-show/2444208/ > > The flagged episodes are: > Jim Nabors, Joel Grey, Steve Martin, Peter Sellers, Cleo Laine, James > Coco, Spike Milligan, Crystal Gayle, Kenny Rogers, Beverly Sills, Jonathan > Winters, Alan Arkin, James Coburn, Joan Baez, Johnny Cash, Debbie Harry, > Wally Boag and Marty Feldman. > > In addition, EW says that the Brooke Shields and Chris Langham episodes > are not included. (Langham, a Brit writer for the series, was convicted > in 2007 for possessing child porn, which makes him as much a non-person in > his country as Jimmy Saville and Rolf Harris.) In addition, there is some > editing for music rights reasons. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/6e5bfa05-d7a0-4ace-bae8-5634d590a0f5n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/6e5bfa05-d7a0-4ace-bae8-5634d590a0f5n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4DP_PKz_8v%2BNvf%3DhG433K4stcugvzBO%3DBHdPCsqQ0-byA%40mail.gmail.com.
