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Do people (on Tumblr) think paw patrol is intentional propaganda? I would think it’s much more likely that they just made a show with cute dogs with jobs that kids understand. Actually, does propaganda need to be intentional?
I believe the prevailing opinion is that it is subtly intentional but has more impact than intended because it is a reflection of the indoctrination of the writers, but I may be mistaken.
It may be created to intentionally teach children not to fear police and to obey the rules of society. Which sounds good on paper but can be really problematic.
It’s not just Paw Patrol. It’s every cop show that has messages of the cops always being on the side of “good”. There are many many many articles and academic papers about “copaganda” that explain it better than I can.
I love pointing out problematic behavior in cop shows.
Those DAMN DEFENDANTS claiming they didn’t do it when the good cops JUST KNOW they’re guilty. The DAMN JUDGES always wanting EVIDENCE instead of just taking the cops at their word the alleged criminal dumped the drugs in the river.
How DARE they insist cops DO THEIR JOB. what’s next, asking them to PUT THEIR LIVES AT RISK?
Usually it’s more subtle like “they’re complaining about being asked to do their jobs correctly, and these are the people we’re supposed to be cheering for?” or “they fabricated evidence of one crime because they dropped the ball with another crime, and they’re the good guys? If you say so…”
Some people might say I’m ruining a show, but come on… The show was already ruined. I’m just adjusting the picture so your rose tinted glasses get the right colors.
There was a Canadian TV show called Corner Gas.
In one of the episodes, the towns police force (two cops) has a real or precived grievance, and decided to work to rule on protest.
By the third act they’ve discovered that work to rule is more work than they’ve been doing, the grievance is dropped, and nothing has changed for the next episode.
YV?
Yellavision. It’s like television, but when your parents yell at you to change the channel.
Straight up typo.
What about when suspects or perps use a “loophole” to escape justice and then you find out that loophole was the accused weren’t read their rights or was abused during an interrogation and had no access to a lawyer. Like the cops didn’t do basic police work correctly but it’s the suspect who did something wrong. Remember that the rights read to a person under arrest are actual constitutional rights that each American is entitled to and which the police must abide.
Copaganda is real.
There’s this cognitive dissonance that we don’t need to police things made for children because no one would be so evil as to manipulate a child, but also we’re constantly worrying about random people manipulating our children. Like… Why don’t we turn that scrutiny towards the corporations obviously manipulating our children for their own gain? Why isn’t advertising to children banned as a form of brainwashing??
So many contradictions…
My kid started watching another talking vehicle show. The garbage trucks name? Stinky. Bulldozer? Dirty. And the Firetruck? Brave. There’s a bunch of anthropomorphized propaganda shows out.
The lack of classism and bigotry in SpongeBob is always an appreciated. Really, all of its lessons were well thought out, between respecting yourself, respecting your friends, and learning to exploit the sexuality of the proletariat for money. Way ahead of its time.
They even made Mr. Krabs a halfway decent boss. Dude wants you to work while at work, then tells you to go home and leave him alone.
Even sends Sponge Bob to the doctor numerous times and tells him to take the day off.
It’s been a beat since I watched… but Isn’t Crabs the owner and Squidward the cashier/supervisor? That’s how I perceived it and squidward doesn’t give a fuck about anything except his clarinet and relaxing.
That’s Chase, the police dog. But be careful of Klaus, the secret police dog. He’s also a German Shepard, but there’s a heavy emphasis on the German part.
