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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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.

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Kate Jones

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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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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.

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MyOpinionHasBeenServed

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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.

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the two youtz

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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!

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Friends. I like the show a lot but obviously it is quite outdated, with a lot of sexism, homophobia and other issues.

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Pisco

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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.

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Mine Truly

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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.

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PeytonMozz

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Blazing Saddles. I’m still surprised to see it on TV.

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Ciffman

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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.

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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.

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Wondering Alice

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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

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PjandBolt

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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.

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"Hogan's Heroes", a sitcom set in a WWII German POW camp. Nazis are hilarious...

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Blarrg

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Eglė Bukauskaitė 2 years ago

O.o

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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.

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Uwubecky

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Any top model tv show show

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Shay

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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.

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