#WritersCoffeeClub April 27: Share a possibly unpopular opinion. 👀 (Be kind!)
Kids are smart and can be trusted with a lot. Say what you will about our beloved 30-minute toy commercials, Chuck E. Cheese, etc., they trusted us with a shocking amount.
Like, even by the '90s when cartoons needed some educational component, stuff was shockingly anti-authoritarian, anti-Capitalist, "stick it to the man" stuff.
Chuck E. Cheese trusted its audience with, let's be real, dinner theater and all the presentation that implies. And nobody wanged their head on a table corner and died just because it was a little dark.
There are still treasures like Steven Universe, but signal-to-noise ratio on quality kid's entertainment has definitely dropped. Frankly any adult who thinks children are best entertained with jangling keys needs to be grabbed by the lapels and asked if they realize children are still people or if they really think that little of *everyone.*
