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People would freak about a man in drag doing a children's show

posted 11 years ago by JC_Aliss
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Wouldn't they? People have gotten so uptight about even the slightest unconventional approach to dealing with children, could you imagine the helicopter-mommy uproar if they discovered the maitronly old women their children were mesmerized by was actually a middle-aged man in drag?

That to me is the most unrealistic part of the finale. No way would that fly on a national level (as discussion was made about national syndication of the Mrs. Doubtfire show.) Nor could it be kept under wraps for long.

Just saying.

[–] TheFreshPrince90 11 years ago

Plus as children they would probably find an old fat lady talking to them boring

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[–] Splarne 11 years ago

kids would see through it. i know my kids would always point and ask about trannies as early as 5. the answer is always the same...

no one really loved them when they were growing up, so they developed a deviant lifestyle to compensate.

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[–] dan-willi84 11 years ago

Well, kids who know nothing about drag queens or transexuals, wouldn't be aware that Mrs. Doubtfire was a actor dressed a woman. I think people who were at Bridges, when Daniel revealed himself as Mrs. Doubtfire, would not let their kids watch the show.

[–] davebuffalo (3096) a year ago

kids who know nothing about drag queens or transexuals

The left is pushing it in our face so much, it's almost impossible for 5-year-olds to not know what a tranny is.

The Left wants you to believe that TRANNIES are just normal, everyday people, nothing to see here, and not the freak show that they really are.

[–] Dinosaw 10 years ago

He was dressed up as an old woman.

It's hard to tell.

Whereas if a guy dresses up as a younger woman with a lot of makeup, you can easily tell it's a man.

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[–] Blackarachnia1996 8 years ago

Well, you're a terrible parent. I hope you kids will be able to break free one day and think for themselves... shouldn't have bred

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[–] hitman624 11 years ago

People would have freaked in 1993. I'm not sure so much now.

[–] audiosane 11 years ago

"Is America ready...?"

[–] Wilsonandrewc (534) 2 years ago

Just like Sandy Lester from Tootsie (played by Teri Garr who is also a comedian like Robin Williams) did when she saw that Dorothy Michaels was really Michael Dorsey (played by Dustin Hoffman).

[–] davebuffalo (3096) a year ago

Can I just say that Jessica Lange was so beautiful in Tootsie..., wow did I have a huge crush on her back in the early 80's when that movie came out.

[–] jeffcox31 10 years ago

I think it would have been okay if he was up front about Mrs. Doubtfire being a character he played. If they had pretended Mrs. Doubtfire was a real old lady, that would be a different story.

[–] cooler56 10 years ago

The show is broadcast from San Francisco. Enough said.

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[–] RynoII 8 years ago

When he dresses up as Mrs. Doubtfire, it's not a sexual fetish thing that is being aimed at kids. It is a character he is playing on a TV show. He's an actor!

[–] NobodymournstheWicked 8 years ago

How would they know in less there was some wardrobe problem, and they forgot to edit it out of the broadcast for tv. SO I am assuming it was tape delay but it could have been live.

[–] RynoII 8 years ago

Even if the kids new, kids watch Mr. Dressup, and that actor himself dressed up. Kids also dress up all time for Halloween and things like that, so they are aware of the concept of pretending and imagination.

They are not going to be traumatized just because they found out that an actor was not who they thought he was.

[–] joel_power 8 years ago

I´m swedish and here in Sweden it wouldn´t be a big thing.

When I was very young in the 80s (born 1983) there was a very popular duo named Ola Ström & Per Dunsö that did tv-programs for children and many of the characters in those programs was Ola & Per in drag. In many of their tv-series, one of them played an middle-aged woman named Hjördis (the other guy played the role as her husband) that always flirted with other men.

I guess that here in Europe we have a long tradition of theatrical entertainment like revue and farce where male actors often plays women-characters as a comic relief.

[–] RynoII 8 years ago

I don't know why some people hit the panic button when it comes to children having to deal with men dressing as women.

I mean what if there was a TV show where an actor dressed as a bear? What's more dangerous to a child? A transvestite or a bear?

[–] devilment-32493 7 years ago

Cuz people, parents especially, have sticks up their asses. Look at the backlash there was when it came out that Barney, was a gay, black man, dressed as a dinosaur. I mean, who give a sh*t?

[–] pioneergrrrl (2390) 4 years ago

I'd rather have Mrs. Doubtfire than Barney. No contest there.

[–] GreenGoblinsOck8 (7469) 2 years ago

I hated Barney and so did so many others. Though it had to do with how annoying his voice was. Plus as Nostalgia Critic said he is happy all the time which is a big turn off for both kids and adults.

[–] Kodakjones (238) 2 years ago

Definitely/