# Lady, your teenager SHOULD be watching Striperella **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 27, 2003, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-your-teenager-should-be-watching-striperella/184678 "2003-06-27T02:19:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-your-teenager-should-be-watching-striperella/184678/21 "2003-06-27T18:32:46Z")
That lady is just mad she can’t use the TV as a baby sitter and has to actually watch what her children are doing. Poor little thing, actually having to be a parent to her kids, what a shame. But she’s weasling out of that as well spending too much time on the crusade to watch her kids anyhow. _Southpark_ proves correct once again. ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-your-teenager-should-be-watching-striperella/184678/22 "2003-06-27T18:41:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Captain Amazing \* > \*\*(which isn’t really all that uncommon, and explains why cartoons for adults don’t do all that great in this country) \*\* I’d say the Simpsons and South Park are geared towards adults, and seem to be doing pretty well in this country. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-your-teenager-should-be-watching-striperella/184678/23 "2003-06-27T18:45:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DreadCthulhu \* > \*\*Get this women to watch one of the wonderful examples of Japanese anime, like Legend of Overfiend, or La Blue Girl, and then see what here reaction is. 😃 😃 😃 \*\* Yeah, I was gonna suggest “Cool Devices.” But I was also thinking that what might have inspired Stripperella might have been contact with some hentai on Stan Lee’s part. ---
**Author:** ![hilltopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c68b51/32.png) [@hilltopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hilltopper)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-your-teenager-should-be-watching-striperella/184678/24 "2003-06-27T18:47:58Z")
Amen tdn. Stipperella for sexuality education…I don’t think so. Not that I agree with it, but that lady’s logic cost Joe Camel his life. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-your-teenager-should-be-watching-striperella/184678/25 "2003-06-27T18:50:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by drachillix \* > **I hope not…when I hit the lottery and get to achieve my dream of producing a movie trilogy from Stackpoles Return of Kerensky battletech series parents will scare misbehaving children with the thought of being crushed under the feet of 100 tons of ferrofibrous armored, gauss rifle/large pulse laser/Streak SRM armed, genetic engineered pilot driven, Daishi.** I’m down for that movie series. IN fact, one of my adult stories involves Mech-like war machines – one of the characters has a nightmare that’s pretty close to what you describe – she dreams she’s running around naked on a Mech battlefield, trying not to get crushed or shot, and one of the Mechs starts chasing her. A short chase that ends when she wakes up, just prior to being curshed. ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-your-teenager-should-be-watching-striperella/184678/26 "2003-06-27T19:43:27Z")
Whoa, whoa, whoa, WAIT a minute! You mean … simply generating “animated content” causes children to tune in and watch the show, regardless of what it’s about, who it’s intended for, and whether or not they’ve ever heard of it? Why are we wasting all this money on EDUCATION, then? Couldn’t we just have the Simpsons teach algebra and American history, then? ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Gutgore\_Blooddrink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Captain\_Gutgore\_Blooddrink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Gutgore_Blooddrink)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-your-teenager-should-be-watching-striperella/184678/27 "2003-06-27T20:23:47Z")
You know, I’m really enjoying the adult cartoon trend. We get more and more every year, just like video games and toys geared towards adults. It’s great. Epsecially since I was a child of the late 70’s. I got to grow up through He Man, Transformers, Thundercats, all the bad-assed toys that went along with them (and some other great toys, such as My Pet Monster and Boglins) Not to mention the rise of console gaming! Started with my Atari 2600, now I’m playing PS2. It was so cool to get my first NES…damn, I’m hijacking the hell out of this…I’ll find something to tie it in… I can’t. Oh well, since I’m on a roll. So anyways, I like the trends, because I see the things I grew up with growing up with me. My generation was/is a toy/cartoon/video game generation. It’s nice to see our favorite childhood things growing along with us. Sorry for the hijack ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-your-teenager-should-be-watching-striperella/184678/28 "2003-06-27T21:11:46Z")
Great, another chickenheaded rag who will ruin everything. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-your-teenager-should-be-watching-striperella/184678/29 "2003-06-27T21:28:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Indygrrl \* > \*\*I’d say the Simpsons and South Park are geared towards adults, and seem to be doing pretty well in this country. \*\* I think **CA** is refering to serious cartoons. Animated drama as opposed to funny shows. Besides, for every Simpsons, South Park, and the Flintstones there’s three Clerks, The Critic, and Dilbert, excellent shows cut down by bad scheduling and/or lack of general interest. ---
**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-your-teenager-should-be-watching-striperella/184678/30 "2003-06-27T22:04:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RexDart \* > \*\*If this lady is such a teetotalling freak, I fear what her children will grow up as. \*\* Erm… I understood “teetotalling” to mean people who don’t drink alcohol, like me. I’m totally in favour of adult cartoons 😉 ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2003, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-your-teenager-should-be-watching-striperella/184678/31 "2003-06-28T00:42:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Faruiza \* > \*\*drachillix and thinksnow… > > You got a little geek on me…be careful when splashing that stuff around, would’ja? > \*\*😉 \*\* Not too often you stumble across a proselytising Battletech fan, geekyness splatters from them like coolant from a heat sink hit by an LB-20X Autocannon > [@](#): > > by **gorgon heap** > Idea: start a thread in Cafe for a BattleTech casting call. Ask and you shall recieve [Casting Call: Battletech trilogy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=193872) ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2003, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-your-teenager-should-be-watching-striperella/184678/32 "2003-06-28T00:44:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Evil Captor \* > \*\*I’m down for that movie series. IN fact, one of my adult stories involves Mech-like war machines – one of the characters has a nightmare that’s pretty close to what you describe – she dreams she’s running around naked on a Mech battlefield, trying not to get crushed or shot, and one of the Mechs starts chasing her. A short chase that ends when she wakes up, just prior to being curshed. \*\* Ever read any of the battletech novels that revolve around Camacho’s Caballeros and Scout Cassie Suthorn ---
**Author:** ![lezlers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@lezlers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lezlers)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2003, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-your-teenager-should-be-watching-striperella/184678/33 "2003-06-28T01:07:47Z")
I’m just thrilled someone else out there watched “Up All Night” cheesy B movies on USA. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2003, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-your-teenager-should-be-watching-striperella/184678/34 "2003-06-28T01:11:31Z")
Does anybody think U.S. comics will ever develop a real adult branch equivalent to Japanese hentai? ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2003, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-your-teenager-should-be-watching-striperella/184678/35 "2003-06-28T01:13:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by drachillix \* > \*\*Ever read any of the battletech novels that revolve around Camacho’s Caballeros and Scout Cassie Suthorn \*\* NO, the novels never did it for me, playing the game was the whole deal. I’d still enjoy a movie, but my standards for written fiction are very high. I tried a couple but I just didn’t care enough about the characters. I’d still like to see a movie, but I’ll save further responses for your thread on the topic. ---
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2003, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-your-teenager-should-be-watching-striperella/184678/36 "2003-06-28T07:28:27Z")
You know there was a Saturday morning cartoon show of Battletech, right? And that it followed the plots of some of the novels? Though sadly it only lasted one season. The one thing I hope will happen in the future is that people will see that there is a market for animation geared toward adults. Private SNAFU certainly wasn’t geared toward children, but was entertaining and coveyed its message well. I enjoyed both Heavy Metal cartoons, and really hope to see more of this type of genre. Stripperella was really funny. I mean, I expected to see a kinky cartoon but there are a lot of funny adult jokes, and I think the show has potential. ---
**Author:** ![Morrigoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/858c86/32.png) [@Morrigoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morrigoon)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2003, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-your-teenager-should-be-watching-striperella/184678/37 "2003-06-28T08:16:15Z")
Let me start this off by admitting I don’t know exactly what Stripperella will be so I have to make a couple assumptions based on the advertising and the name. Sounds like this is another one of those shows that objectify women - making their body and sexuality the focus, and minimalizing the importance of her intelligence. (Admittedly Aeon Flux was pretty badass, but let’s face it, it was still a nearly naked chick running around). It’s okay for adult men to see this shit, because ostensibly they’ve already learned better and are now just indulging in fantasies. But when you have virgin boys watching this dreck, trying to learn about their sexuality from it…it teaches them nothing about the relationship end of sexuality, turning it into raw physical pleasure carrying with it no responsibility and no emotion. Women become playthings to be touched and looked at, but not to be listened to. That’s the kind of crap we DON’T want boys hitting the dating world with - or we end up with bunch of pregnant teens and STDs. That said, the woman still sounds like a crackpot, and I have no objection to the show’s existence, or for that matter, the programming on TNN. Sure it’s shit, I’m a girl and not expected to like it, but if that’s what guys want, enjoy! And I couldn’t give a rat’s ass WHEN it’s advertised. The ads show nothing objectionable themselves (that I’ve seen), and if I was a parent, my kids could see all the commercials they show, but they STILL aren’t going to get to see the show, end of story. Oh, and Ren & Stimpy was better in the first season when the creators were still doing it, but apparently they were unreliable as workers and were eventually fired from their own show. The new writers were never really as good, but at least they clocked in on time, and HEY, that’s all that matters, right?..right?..hello?.. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2003, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-your-teenager-should-be-watching-striperella/184678/38 "2003-06-28T19:29:08Z")
> [@](#): > > (and some other great toys, such as My Pet Monster and Boglins) I’ve got a My Pet Monster _and_ a Boglin in the same room as my computer. ---
**Author:** ![j\_kat\_251](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@j\_kat\_251](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_kat_251)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-your-teenager-should-be-watching-striperella/184678/39 "2003-06-29T13:57:38Z")
> [@](#): > > But when you have virgin boys watching this dreck, trying to learn about their sexuality from it…it teaches them nothing about the relationship end of sexuality, turning it into raw physical pleasure carrying with it no responsibility and no emotion. But that’s what the guy end is all about. You’re doing the whining and the crying and the obsessing and we’re not giving a shit unless we don’t get hot food and warm pussy on schedule. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-your-teenager-should-be-watching-striperella/184678/40 "2003-06-29T18:28:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Evil Captor \* > \*\*Does anybody think U.S. comics will ever develop a real adult branch equivalent to Japanese hentai? \*\* Well, Reed Waller, Larry Welz, Phil Foglio and others have been at it. But it’s a fringe/cult element. Because comic, itself, is “fringe” in the USA. For American comics/animation to develop a “mainstream porn” market segment comparable to hentai (or even comparable to European adult ero-comic, e.g. Milo Manara), you’d first need to have **regular** comics/toons to develop a “market penetration” _for grownup audiences_ in the American Market comparable to manga/anime’s in Japan or _bande desineé_ in Europe. The reason there is so much hentai is there is SO VERY MUCH manga in general, of a wide variety of genres, for a wide variety of publics. Something missing from US comics/toons, where apparently even the producers believe their audience is just geekboys and little kids. BTW I watched _Striperella_. Its angle is cartoon-silly violence (but quite a bit of it) and juvenile T&A: think The Man Show staff revives the 1960s Batman TV show. Heaping amounts of obvious self-parody and lame inside-jokes (the main plot was centered on excessive plastic surgery enhancements – and this is Pam Anderson inthe lead role). The animated Pamela was nothing ultra-extraordinary stripper-wise, contrary to what the toon’s premise tries to establish, that she’s somehow the ultimate ecdysiast in town; in fact her title-sequence shots were leagues better than her in-show " stripper" sequence. In any case, any “virgin boys” watching would get the “message” out of this ep that supermodels and movie stars destroy their bodies with unnecessary plastic surgery and that strip-club customers are drooling idiots who are having their wallets cleaned out. So it’s not THAT bad. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-your-teenager-should-be-watching-striperella/184678.md?page=1)