My kid wanted to see a movie and I did not have any lined up, so I rented “The Great Mouse Detective” from On Demand.
It’s a Disney film, a nice little Sherlock Holmes thing with mice, G rated. We were watching it when this one scene came on that caused me to do a rather large double-take.
The characters go into a seedy bar, disguised as low-life sailors. The bar has live entertainment. The patrons jeer and throw tomatoes (and knives!) at the acts, until this demure female mouse singer comes on and calms them down … then WTF? Does a … rather suggestive … burlesque act.
“It’s that awkward moment when you are watching a Disney movie with your kid, and the mouse starts stripping …”
How they got this past whoever hands out the ratings I have no idea … Of course the kid didn’t notice, but my wife and I were definitely chuckling about it.
Have you noticed that Donald Duck never wears pants? Or that Daisy Duck never wears anything under her very short skirt? I think your outrage would be better aimed at that.
I’ve always been amazed by the scene in The Black Cauldron in which the musician, who has been changed into a frog, gets caught in the fgat witch’s monstrous cleavage. The scene goes on for a surprisingly long time:
As for the stuff that goes over kids’ heads, they did that at the King Richard’s Faire RenFaire in Massachusetts for ages. Their motto was “If your kids get our jokes, it’s not our fault”
You just really don’t notice these things until you’re watching with you own kids and then it’s like “Whoa, Nelly! WHAAAAAT did they just do?!?”
It’s even worse if you have a daughter. Most of my friends and family (by some very weird coincidence) have 3-4 boys and no daughters. When I point this stuff out to them they’re in shock. http://www.boredpanda.org/honest-disney-posters/
“TV-PG”, not “G”, but I did a double-take last night while watching an episode of the animated Young Justice series (which is quite good). Amongst the teenaged superheroes is an archer girl named Artemis.
In one scene, Artemis apparently loses her quiver, and a bit later she reflexively reaches back for an arrow. Upon not finding an arrow there, she yells in frustration, “Oh! I feel naked! And not in the fun way!”
This doesn’t count as getting something by the censor, but the Power Rangers’ villainess Divatoxwas created for the dad having to watch the show with his kids.
