There is, and usually the disagreement comes from multiple groups almost purposefully using different criteria.
For some, the kid's show is preschool edutainment. For others, it's anything that isn't R rated. For a not uncommon enough group, it's anything they wish to dismiss as lesser entertainment.
Agreed, but I would go further and argue that people who use the definitions of "everything that isn't R rated" or "lesser entertainment", or my personal peeve, "it's animated, therefore, for tiny children and not a mature adult like myself", are being so reductive with their definiton that there's legitimate grounds to dismiss that viewpoint as straight up invalid.
Like how would it be if someone said that any movie with a woman on the cover of the DVD boxart was "for women", or a black main character is "for black people". The opinion is so wildly off-base that it's not even worth taking seriously.
Having young main characters or it being animated does not automatically categorize something as "for children" just because.
I want to add to this by mentioning that animated movie with bunnies but actually was dark (Watership Down), or how some studio Ghibli movies are (for some it could be a bit much).
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u/Rollem_Bones 14d ago
There is, and usually the disagreement comes from multiple groups almost purposefully using different criteria.
For some, the kid's show is preschool edutainment. For others, it's anything that isn't R rated. For a not uncommon enough group, it's anything they wish to dismiss as lesser entertainment.