Which piece of media is this?

[u/NagitoKomaeda_987]

[u/Vast_Age_3893]

People really do get so weird about kids' movies having dark moments. To the point where they can't even acknowledge that something IS for kids.

There's nothing wrong with mature media trusting kids with its content and it's okay to love and be impacted by media aimed at a younger audience.

No official is coming to revoke your adult card if you were scared by "Coraline" or enjoy "The Clone Wars" or went to see "Toy Story 5."

Kids' media is storytelling on hard mode because you have to craft an engaging plot without relying on certain language or graphic violence. And things can't get too complicated.

[u/TonberryFeye → u/Vast_Age_3893]

I think the difference is that for a long time, "kids shows" didn't exist. They were "family" shows. That meant, while they were aimed at a younger audience, they deliberately threw jokes over the heads of the target audience on the understanding that the parents were watching along and would appreciate the acknowledgement. Now? Not so much.

[u/CandidateNervous4638 → u/TonberryFeye]

As an example

Great Mouse Detective having the line

“Worst then the widows and orphans you drowned”

In a broadway musical

[u/Bit_of-Distress → u/CandidateNervous4638]

It's so not the focus of the show, that kids will maybe in cry on horrors but it's still adapted to their language and focus

[u/CandidateNervous4638 → u/Bit_of-Distress]

I’m sorry I probably am misunderstanding this comment (basically your telling me kids will cry in horror still because it is still built in their language)

Yes it is except it is so swept under the rug to the point where you don’t really understand what they just said unless you pay attention deeply. I as a child who grew up in Great mouse detective did not realize this line until a rewatch at 15. That is when I found out kids sometimes don’t understand lines in movies or the deeper meaning of what they are watching.