Melanie Martinez, the presenter of the PBS Sprouts network's Goodnight Show has been sacked for appearing in ribald videos.
Having a four-year old, I watch a lot of children's television and seen from the perspective as an adult, many of the programmes seem to have a subtext that would do Kafka proud. I am convinced that the Teletubbies are the products of some government genetics project, that Jay Jay the Jetplane is part of a race of living aircraft that have somehow managed to enslave mankind and I can't watch Angelina Ballerina without wondering what bizarre, tragic prerevolutionary past the Slavic ballet teacher Miss Lilly must be covering up. As for the departing Miss Melanie, I can never decide whether she's sitting on gigantic furniture or if she's only three feet tall. Regardless, her fixed smile and way too cheerful disposition makes me suspect that she should really get out more before she snaps.
Now maybe she'll get the chance.
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