13. I just have to say... just because he's gay doesn't mean you can't love him for who he is...
and just to put my 2 cents in for the christian rep out there, I'm a christian, I love rent. I may not think homosexuality is right, but I support gays and I love them regardless, because no matter what, a sin is a sin. and that's my 2 cents. there are some of us out there, who are not out to condemn.
That might not go so well . . . I also run round with very short blonde hair (you've seen the pictures), square glasses, corduroys, and a coat that's too big for me! Oh, and let us not forget my sweetness, my darling, my OLYMPUS CAMERA THAT I GOT FOR CHRISTMAS! *triumphant music*
Whatever, Johnny Bravo was the shit. Also, way to reference something from like 6 years ago. If you're going to deride current culture, at least be relevent.
If you combined the genetic materials of Oscar Wilde and Johnny Bravo, I am pretty sure that Morrissey is what would come out (of... The womb. Of science.)
I don't know how it can be from six years ago when the kids I babysit watch it. Well . . . rather, they DID watch it, up until about six months ago when I told their dad what some of the early episodes - the ones I saw when I was the oldest girl's age - were like. Then he banned them from watching it because it promotes negative values, something I heartily agree on. I don't see how any show about a guy trying to "score" with a "hot mama" can be appropriate for six and seven year olds, yet that's what Cartoon Network was trying to claim.
Apparently so, or else they're putting out new episodes. Take your pick. Scooby-Doo has been on the air since the '60s and is still making new episodes, so I suppose it's not entirely out of the question for there to be new episodes (although quite frankly, there SHOULDN'T be).
I remember when it first came out . . . I was nine. And I DESPISED it, because I'm blonde-haired and blue-eyed and in the first three episodes I saw, guess who he was going after? Uh-huh . . . it really pissed me off, because even then I was trying to prove that I was so much more than "pretty." (Which is a judgement I disagree with, personally, but . . . ) I feel the show just underlined the stereotypes that guys should be "big" and "macho" and that girls should be these big-busted, tiny-waisted people if they want anybody to ever like them. I don't think he ever chased after a plus-size girl, did he? It just really pisses me off that we complain about stereotypes, and then feed our kids this bullshit.
When I was nine, all that occurred to me was that boys (or girls, I suppose) would like me if I was thin and pretty and had long legs. As I got older, I hated those ideas so much that I just completely boycotted the show.
Of course, I now pretty much don't watch TV at all anymore (except that I'm an L&O whore, I will confess to that), because I'd rather be reading . . .
Considering the show clearly showed most of the "pretty" blonde haired, blue eyed women Johnny Bravo hit on ended up slapping him or blowing him off, your attempt at political activism was severely uninformed. That's like protesting Rosie the Riviter because it suggests women have to wear make-up.
Wow...it just took me for like EVER to remember which show Johnny Bravo was. I thought it was a cool show when I was seven. Now I think it's shit. Of course I think that most cartoons are shit. What happened to the good shows? BRING BACK DEXTER'S LABORATORY!
((And if it's not completely obvious that I'm saying this in jest, then let me state that I am.))
That's just the problem. Kids think it's cool, but what kind of message is it really sending? When the eight-year-old I babysit asks me to do her makeup so she can be a "babe," I think there's a serious problem.
I miss the truly good shows, like El Kabong and Yogi Bear. And Jabberjaw! What ever happened to Jabberjaw? Or the Mysteries, Inc. Hour that came on after Toonami? Wishbone? Reading Rainbow? Professor Iris? Eureka's Castle? Inspector Gadget? What about the Super Mario Brothers TV show? I mean, okay, the thing where Princess Daisy shows up at Mario's house at random in the middle of the night is kind of weird, but in the main it was an awesome freaking show.
(Yes, I was raised in the main on old shows. But you know what? I don't care . . . the way I see it, kids today are getting robbed.)
It's still a negative stereotype - if not for girls, then for guys. And that bothers me. Go ahead and call me crazy, but it bothers me.
I don't think it's at all the same. The "pretty" women portrayed in JB often wear skimpy clothing, in addition to the skinny-blonde-blue-big-busted stereotype. In fact, I think the only woman on the entire show who ever dressed decently was Momma, and she's supposed to be frumpy. Seriously, what kind of message does that send?
and just to put my 2 cents in for the christian rep out there, I'm a christian, I love rent. I may not think homosexuality is right, but I support gays and I love them regardless, because no matter what, a sin is a sin. and that's my 2 cents. there are some of us out there, who are not out to condemn.
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Morrissey is rocking the Johnny Bravo look, brunette style.
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I remember when it first came out . . . I was nine. And I DESPISED it, because I'm blonde-haired and blue-eyed and in the first three episodes I saw, guess who he was going after? Uh-huh . . . it really pissed me off, because even then I was trying to prove that I was so much more than "pretty." (Which is a judgement I disagree with, personally, but . . . ) I feel the show just underlined the stereotypes that guys should be "big" and "macho" and that girls should be these big-busted, tiny-waisted people if they want anybody to ever like them. I don't think he ever chased after a plus-size girl, did he? It just really pisses me off that we complain about stereotypes, and then feed our kids this bullshit.
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Of course, I now pretty much don't watch TV at all anymore (except that I'm an L&O whore, I will confess to that), because I'd rather be reading . . .
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((And if it's not completely obvious that I'm saying this in jest, then let me state that I am.))
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I miss the truly good shows, like El Kabong and Yogi Bear. And Jabberjaw! What ever happened to Jabberjaw? Or the Mysteries, Inc. Hour that came on after Toonami? Wishbone? Reading Rainbow? Professor Iris? Eureka's Castle? Inspector Gadget? What about the Super Mario Brothers TV show? I mean, okay, the thing where Princess Daisy shows up at Mario's house at random in the middle of the night is kind of weird, but in the main it was an awesome freaking show.
(Yes, I was raised in the main on old shows. But you know what? I don't care . . . the way I see it, kids today are getting robbed.)
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I don't think it's at all the same. The "pretty" women portrayed in JB often wear skimpy clothing, in addition to the skinny-blonde-blue-big-busted stereotype. In fact, I think the only woman on the entire show who ever dressed decently was Momma, and she's supposed to be frumpy. Seriously, what kind of message does that send?
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