Thursday, June 3, 2010

Dora The Explorer....Role Model?

So I was watching TV with the kids the other day when 'Dora the Explorer' came on. If you live in a cave or don't have have children this show is about a 3 yr old Latina/Chicana/Hispanic (or whatever they want to be called) girl who sets out on adventures and explores the world around her with the help of her monkey friend named Boots. Am I the only person who watches this show and is more and more pissed?

1.) Is it safe to send a 3 yr old out on their own armed with only a map, a backpack, and a retarded monkey? I dropped my 3yr old nephew off in North Town with a Map Quest printout containing directions home, a backpack full of random items, and a spider monkey wearing human clothing. Where the hell is he already? Dora knocks this crap out in like 30 minutes? Is it because he is Polynesian not Hispanic (like there is a difference)? Who knows what could have happened? Apparently there are no kidnappers in Latin America cause I already have like 7 ransom notes in my mail box! His parents are going to be pissed the ransom for the monkey is higher. If this is not enough she encounters dangerous wild animals like bears, crocodiles, tigers, lions, and snakes all the time! Is this telling our children that they can simply sing a bear or snake away from them...YES!!!

2.) Why the hell does everyone in that show speak Spanish? For instance in one Christmas episode they recruit the help of a Husky at the north poll on the way to save Santa and he only speaks Spanish! WTH? When would a sled dog ever only speak Spanish? He is thousands of miles away from the closest Mexican boarder! Is this just symbolism that the whole illegal immigration thing has gotten out of control ...even in Canada? At no point in time does she ever attempt to teach them English..instead she says "_____ only speaks Spanish, so to open the ____ we have to say habre." It's never "_____ only speaks Spanish, lets teach him the word Open in English."

3.) What kind on monkey is Boots? First of all he is a near naked monkey that insists on only wearing clashing red boots and likes to sing and dance (gay or what?) He somehow lives near Dora but doesn't speak Spanish, apparently everyone around her speaks it but not Boots. He has no natural monkey instincts! He will encounter a Grumpy Old Troll who runs a toll operation on a bridge they always need to cross and solve the Troll's riddle to get across ...Hello...Where is the poop flinging!?!?! I tried it at a local toll booth and believe me the guy didn't mess with me again, poop flinging works...but he is so out of touch with his monkey roots that he doesn't even realize it.

4,) Are there no police in wherever the hell this is? If there were the parents probably need to be arrested on 100 accounts of neglect and child endangerment! And Swiper the Fox still has not been captured? If I had the same fox stealing crap from me wherever I went I would think calling the police would be a good option. I think Dora like Carmello Anthony is a firm believer in the "Don't Snitch" idea. It seems like a call to the police/fire department would solve a lot of her problems, then again I'm sure she has outstanding warrants.

5.) What the hell is the back pack made of? If you watch this program you've seen that each episode she needs something out of her backpack and she needs help find the item among 4-6 other items. I watched one episode and we had to pick from a big ladder, a small ladder, 2 space suits, a soccer ball, and a teddy bear....how big is this damn backpack? I mean she is 3 and this purple backpack doesn't seem big to me? How can this backpack hold all this crap? Why is there never a necessity in there? Never like a cell phone, food, water, a shirt that doesn't show her gut...etc....


6.) Where the hell does she live? I think It is safe to say that it is south of the Mexican/American boarder somewhere. It seems like it takes her no time to get from forest, to snow, to desert, to rain forest, to geyser that shoots bubbles, no idea what continent had all this crap within walking distance. Somehow she is in some part of this that has no crazy dictatorship, has a high crime with no police force, she doesn't have to sell Chiclets, there are kings and queens constantly on the show? I think it's safe to assume it's not in Arizona, they wouldn't stand for this crap.


7.) Dora started on Nickelodeon in 2000 and was 3 so she should now be a 13 yr old nickelodeon skankeroo right? I mean look at all these young Teen Disney/Teen Nick girls already selling sex on a subconscious level (Demi Lavato, Miranda Cosgrove, Miley Cyrus, Hilary Duff, Selena Gomez) how come Dora isn't getting in on this?


So I think you should join me is banning Dora from the home. She is creepy, a bad example, doesn't know how to match her clothes, and is being treated like crap by Nickelodeon...despite being so sexy.

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