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Hey Pandas, What Movie Or TV Show Do You Think Was Loved In Its Time, But Would Never Be Acceptable In Today’s Climate?
Movies and tv have had a history of being problematic toward a plethora of people but are still considered beloved. What shows and movies do you think would never make it today and would be 'cancelled' by today's generation?
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#1
Married with Children for sure. Such a great show but I don't think it would ever fly today! Even back in the 80s it was controversial. Lots of misogyny and use of words like tranny and fruit referring to gay people. It's still a hilarious show and the actors were outstanding but definitely don't think it would make it today.
Final score:
10points
Jason Marin 2 years ago (edited)
A lot of large women were on the show that would have their weight be made fun of but they all were real troopers as they knew it was just played for laughs. Today, on any comedy show, a woman can't be called anything that has to do with her weight or her size. Instead, because of all of the political correctness, large women are now horizontally challenged.
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#2
The old Sesame Street. People just overthink a bunch of nonsense then spew it as if it's facts. Bring back Bert and Ernie, the Count, Grover,.. Just bring it all back the way it was in the 80s and early, early 90s, and older. PLEASE.
Idgf if I'm an adult. I'll watch it like I'm 5 years old again with a bowl of Lucky Charms.
Final score:
5points
#3
When my daughter was 7 yo I popped the Grease dvd in for us to watch as a family. Boy was I in for a shock.
Final score:
5points
Donkey boi 2 years ago
It amazing that as a kid you never notice lyrics such as 'You know that it ain't s**t, we'll be gettin' lots of tit', 'You are supreme, the chicks'll cream', and 'You know that I ain't braggin', she's a real pussy wagon'. And that's just one song!
#4
Friends. I like the show a lot but obviously it is quite outdated, with a lot of sexism, homophobia and other issues.
Final score:
3points
#5
Dumbo. The pivotal moment where Dumbo gets drunk has violated the drinking ban in kid's shows for years. And that's without even mentioning........... the crows.
Final score:
3points
#6
Let’s see Seinfeld comes to mind. I think it’s fine but I’m sure others would cancel that in a second.
And I’m surprised no one has said The Office yet. Like cmon, if u know you know. Still one of the best shows tho as long as you aren’t sensitive.
Final score:
2points
#7
Blazing Saddles. I’m still surprised to see it on TV.
Final score:
2points
UpQuarkDownQuark 2 years ago
I hadn’t seen it in 30 years and couldn’t sleep one night, so I thought I’d give it a watch. The racism feels like really clumsy satire, but the homophobia felt genuine. I shut it off about ten minutes in.
#8
Dirty Dancing. She looks like a little girl - they even call her baby. He looks like a grown man. Creeped me out at the time, now I think more would agree with me.
Final score:
2points
#9
Pinocchio, just for the weirdness factor. Disney is supposedly making a live action Pinocchio and idk how they’re going to pull it off without drastically changing the plot from the 1940 original. A wooden doll coming to life and wishing to be a real boy and an actor? Sure! But a fox and a cat going around town luring little boys to go to a place called “Pleasure Island” where they can drink, smoke, and be as destructive as they want only to be all turned into donkeys and sold to slave labor in salt mines??? I mean seriously wth
Final score:
2points
PjandBolt (Submission author) 2 years ago
I just wanted to preface by saying, the original Pinocchio IS a Disney classic and really great for what it was in the 40's. (Seriously! it has a 100% on rotten tomatoes!!) but I'm not sure how it would fly nowadays, especially for people who don't know/remember the old one.
#10
"Hogan's Heroes", a sitcom set in a WWII German POW camp. Nazis are hilarious...
Final score:
2points
#11
Adventures in Babysitting 1987. I saw it as a child and thought it was amazing, we would beg our mom to let us watch it all the time. Seeing it as an adult was a real eye opener. It was like watching a completely different movie. Also Animal House and Blues Brothers.
Final score:
1point
#13
Gone with the Wind - novel and movie. A magnificent story, but it sugarcoats the evil of slavery. The way Blacks are depicted is no longer acceptable.
Final score:
1point
#15
Just about any sitcom. Most of the older ones cracked jokes about race, religion, women, gays, etc. Every topic that's taboo to crack jokes about today.
Final score:
1point
#16
The boondocks. I don't think i even need to explain why.
Final score:
0points
#18
Does anyone remember “Love Thy Neighbour.” ?
Final score:
0points
#19
The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.
There's way too many sexist jokes, and jokes about appearance (including jokes about height, fatphobic jokes, etc), a lot of objectifying women, and a lot of things that wouldn't fly today. I have never watched it and started watching it with my partner, and half the time we're like "ooooooof!"
Final score:
0points
#20
Mind Your Language ofc! It's such a funny series from the 70's but not many watch it these days. I do tho.
Final score:
0points
#21
How about those edgy/timely inner city sitcoms of the 70’s like Welcome Back, Kotter; What’s Happnin’; Good Times?? Those shows dealt with some real s-$&t in some pretty direct ways and lessons were learned sans political correctness and a cancel culture. “Hey, hey, hey!”
Final score:
0points
#22
Those really old 50s and 60s series like 'Father Knows Best', 'Leave it to Beaver' and 'Dennis the Menace' for examples.
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0points
#24
Move Over Darling with Doris Day. SAHM gets a job as a spokes person. She quits because her Doctor husband doesn't like it and feels neglected. Thankfully most of her other films hold up, Glass Bottom Boat cracks me up.
Final score:
0points
#25
Series of cartoons about russian heroes "The Three Bogatyrs" - a text book example of soft propaganda.
Final score:
0points
#26
All In the Family
Final score:
-1point
Jette Wang Wahnon 2 years ago
I TOTALLY DISAGREE !! That show was pure genius ! It ran for ten years and when it finished Henry Fonda wrapped it up brilliantly....It portrayed American middle class life in all it´s details with honesty and warmth and nothing escaped the producers/writers...I have seen re-runs a couple of times and each time I love it more. Archie Bunker was the arch-bigot,misogynist,racist,selfish and know-all.....his black neighbor was his exact copy...but Louise and Edith,neighbors and best friends always managed to get the final word and put them to shame...but in such a way that neither of the men lost face and peace was restored.Mike and Gloria...and Lionel were the young generation (same age as I when I first saw the show) and their way of seing things echoed mine,as I also saw my father in Archie albeit a more polished version.My brother married a Filippino and my father was against it till my sister-in-law completely won him over and he gave her a mink coat as a wedding present. THE show !!
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