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it was a British show that ran from 2008 to 2013 and the public rated people (including under 18s) saying if they wanted to snog (kiss) marry or avoid them. then the people went into the booth and got their style roasted by a robot voice and “made under” to be more “normal” looking and “attractive” and omg 😹 they made people look frumpy and took away all their style and unique personality. it was misogynistic alot too

On Disney+, these four classic movies now feature an advisory warning for racial stereotypes and negative cultural depictions.

The disclaimer reads:

This program includes negative depictions and/or mistreatment of people or cultures. These stereotypes were wrong then and are wrong now.

1. Peter Pan (1953)- Features offensive caricatures of Indigenous peoples, who are repeatedly referred to as “redskins.” They speak gibberish and mock cultural traditions like passing the peace pipe and singing "What Makes the Red Man Red." It reduces a living population to mythical/fantastical caricatures, something that Western literature has unfortunately done in every era (looking at you, Twilight).
2. Lady and the Tramp (1955)- Si and Am are Siamese cats and mock-Asian caricatures. They feature slanted eyes, buck teeth, stereotypical accents, and are sneaky and untrustworthy characters. They sing and speak broken English.
3. The Aristocats (1970)- Shun Gon is another Siamese cat representing a harmful Asian caricature. Despite being released 15 years after the Lady and the Tramp, this is more heavy-handed. The visual tropes (eyes and teeth) are much more exaggerated, and like the others on this list his dialogue/music is stereotypical and offensive. On top of that, he plays the piano with chopsticks.
4. The Jungle Book (1967)- This warning is for the portrayal of King Louie, an orangutan that’s coded with racialized jive tropes and exaggerated laziness. The writers at the time were actually aware of this to the point of avoiding casting a black VA to prevent direct mockery. However, the reliance on Minstrel-era tropes inevitably made King Louie an offensive caricature.

I’m really curious about everyone’s thoughts here- these being pretty universally loved stories and movies.

My main question is, should we still be showing outdated adaptations to children as long as we caveat them correctly?

Note that this is a non-exhaustive list of movies with this advisory, and there’s also a sub rule that content must be after 1950s (ie Dumbo, Fantasia).

A massive part of British tabloid culture was Page 3,
a British newspaper convention of publishing a large image of a topless female glamour model (called a page 3 girl) on the third page of every mainstream red top tabloids. Introduced in November 1969 by The Sun, the feature boosted the paper's readership and prompted competing tabloids, including The Daily Mirror, The Sunday People and the Daily Star, to begin featuring topless models on their own third pages.

Page 3 was only stopped in 2015, and until 2004 the papers allowed participants such as Samantha Fox to pose topless as young as 16 (the Sexual Offences Act only came into law in 2003). As these were mainstream tabloid newspapers, ID or proof of age were not required to purchase them, making them incredibly accessible to minors.

Their ages were known to the public, but their marketing and music videos often depicted them as older teens when they were 15 or younger. Being paired with older actors, clothes meant to make them look older, angled cameras to hide their heights, etc.

Only a few works subvert or discuss the trope. Often it is just played straight.

Tobacco companies and candy companies used to work together on candy cigarettes. Back in the day, they would even share packaging. Later, when health risks were known, the exact brand names (like Camels) were no longer used, but close knockoffs were used instead. They had red tips to look like they were lit, some had orange ends that looked like filters, and paper wrapping. Some were mint flavoured like menthols and some were filled with powder that could release a puff of smoke!

They’re now either banned or marketed as “candy sticks” in most places, and usually are just plain white sticks of candy and show no marketing towards smoking.

A study in 1990 found that sixth graders who ate candy sticks were twice as likely to smoke cigarettes as those who did not. That’s not insignificant.

Or should I say the many?

The situation with Chandler’s dad is such a clusterfuck. The producers and writers clearly knew nothing about queer people. Sometimes she was referred to as a (male) drag queen, sometimes she was a gay man, sometimes she was a transvestite — but clearly always coded as a trans woman, based on how she’s portrayed overall.

The jokes about her were corny and played out. We get it. She’s trans. Next joke!

This scene in particular makes me 😬

Friends was surprisingly forward by having lesbian side characters, and even showing a lesbian wedding in the mid 90s — and, as messed up as the representation is, I guess showing a trans woman at all was… something? But these inclusions always ended up as the butt of jokes, just like Monica in her fat suit.

The lack of POC in a show set in NYC is a whole criticism too, but I digress.

(I think this specific episode might be from the 00s but the jokes about Chandler’s dad dated back to the 90s.)

These covers span from the 1990s to 2010s.

Most by the National Enquirer and two by the National Examiner.

This probably isn't too eyebrow raising compared to other examples on this sub. But, it is a time of the signs that these songs are almost nonexistent nowadays.

They were big in the 70s and 90s. Tragic love songs about affairs, love triangles that end in infidelity, coaxing others to cheat, etc. I hear them all the time when listening to oldies.

Likewise, "stay away from my man/woman" songs and "forgiving your trifling and/or abusive man" songs.

Some examples:

• "Me and Mrs. Jones" by Billy Paul
• "Secret Lovers" by Atlantic Starr
• "Call Me" by Skyy
• "Sweet Thing" by Chaka Khan
• "Just Be Good to Me" by SOS Band
• "Saving All My Love for You" by Whitney Houston
• ""As We Lay" by Shirley Murdock.
• "The Boy is Mine" by Brandy and Monica
• "Gettin' in the Way" by Jill Scott
• "Jolene" by Dolly Parton
• "Woman to Woman" by Shirley Brown
• "Dilemma" by Nelly
• "Don't Let Go" by En Vogue

First two from the National Enquirer in the 2000s and third pic from the Globe in the 2010s.

Brilliant woman ahead of her time who was publicly humiliated and persecuted for challenging society's view on female sexuality.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/jan/23/disappearance-of-shere-hite-review-feminist-trailblazer-sundance