One in a series of reviews of What I Have to Endure Sometimes to Get a Little Quiet.I have now put up with about five years of entertainment aimed at kids, and I am ready to share my opinions.
Sesame Street. Worthwhile if only for the
famous adult that invariably shows up (viz Margaret Cho, above). When
REM performed Furry Happy Monsters, with a totally
Kate-Peirson muppet, it was better than the original song.
I'm now 43, but 20 years ago, as a burgeoning young professional in DC, I was completely freaked by the plethora of young women around me who bonded over their common interest in imitating Grover. I was just a few years older, but since Sesame St. debuted when I was already reading, etc., I didn't watch. But for these gals just 2-3 years younger, Sesame St. was obviously a seminal cultural benchmark. To be frank, however, I sense that this subset of young womanhood may have also gotton all gooey over Disney movies, such as The Little Mermaid, in their adult years...whereas I was more apt to be found in a small theater with my artist boyfriend watching a black & white Jim Jarmusch movie starring Tom Waits or John Lurie or some such. I didn't see The Little Mermaid until I borrowed the VHS from my niece during my 5-year old's toddler years. Cute, but gooey. I did like those evil prehistoric dolphin/shark hench-creatures, though.
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