Another victory for prudery
I got started on this one last week and didn't have time to finish it until now...
The idiocy of this story mostly speaks for itself:
The other video, wherein cute young Melanie suggests that anal sex is the best choice for a young woman's future, can be found here.
One important point that isn't mentioned in the article is that both of these videos were produced seven years before Martinez got the job with PBS. The other important point is, are two- to five-year-olds really going to care about this? PBS claims that the videos would undermine Martinez's credibility with the audience, which is made up of teeny little kids who have no idea what a vibrator or anal sex even is, nor are they going to know enough to go onto YouTube and do a search on "Melanie Martinez". It's just dumb to fire someone over something like this. Not only dumb, but annoying as well. The whole scarlet letter thing, which is what this is, the sense that a person is permanently soiled and untouchable if she dares to transgress the holy sexual taboos...it's just so fucking medieval.
The idiocy of this story mostly speaks for itself:
PBS kids' show host fired for videoHere's one of the videos:
Tue Jul 25, 12:58 AM ET
NEW YORK - The PBS Kids Sprout network has fired the host of "The Good Night Show" after learning she had appeared in videos called "Technical Virgin."
The host, Melanie Martinez, had alerted network officials about one of the videos late last week and she was immediately taken off the air.
"PBS Kids Sprout has determined that the dialogue in this video is inappropriate for her role as a preschool program host and may undermine her character's credibility with our audience," said Sandy Wax, network president.
Airing for three hours each evening, "The Good Night Show" airs soothing stories and cartoons designed to get an audience of 2-to-5-year-olds ready for bed. Each night, Martinez guides a puppet character into dreamland. Martinez is a stage actress and mother of a toddler.
In the two "Technical Virgin" videos — made before she landed the children's show job — she spoofs PSAs about how young women can keep their virginity.
PBS Kids Sprout airs children's programming 24 hours a day and is seen in about 20 million of the nation's 110 million television homes. "The Good Night Show" has been temporarily replaced by cartoons while a search is conducted for a new host.
The other video, wherein cute young Melanie suggests that anal sex is the best choice for a young woman's future, can be found here.
One important point that isn't mentioned in the article is that both of these videos were produced seven years before Martinez got the job with PBS. The other important point is, are two- to five-year-olds really going to care about this? PBS claims that the videos would undermine Martinez's credibility with the audience, which is made up of teeny little kids who have no idea what a vibrator or anal sex even is, nor are they going to know enough to go onto YouTube and do a search on "Melanie Martinez". It's just dumb to fire someone over something like this. Not only dumb, but annoying as well. The whole scarlet letter thing, which is what this is, the sense that a person is permanently soiled and untouchable if she dares to transgress the holy sexual taboos...it's just so fucking medieval.
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