Wednesday, April 04, 2007

A TALKING CARTOON MALE TURTLE IN A BIKINI TOP

I was coordinating the Seas tonight and one of my cast members called me on the radio that they had a guest with a complaint about Turtle Talk with Crush. On my way there, I kept wondering what they would complain about; having a 20 minute wait? Crush didn't talk to my child out of the other 40 that were in the theater? When I arrive, I find 2 women by the entrance, both somewhere around their late 30's or so. I introduce myself and ask them about their concern. They tell me that they enjoyed the show and how much they tell others how wonderful the show is, but tonight they had a complaint about it. At one point in the show, Crush puts on a womens bikini top and says he found it at the beach and didn't know what it was. THe kids tell him its a bathing suit for girls and he gets embarassed. He then says "I have one more question 'Does this make me look fat?'" The women were upset about that question becasue it causes young girls with body image issues to feel bad. The women said they were women rights activists and were very concerned that we were sending the wrong message to children. My answer to them was "IT'S A TALKING CARTOON MALE TURTLE IN A BIKINI TOP". It was so hard to not just laugh in their faces. They told me they wanted that line removed from the show. I just told them to voice their concern to Guest Relations. They just going on and on about how it makes young girls feel bad about their body image. I just repeating "it's a male talking cartoon turtle".
Stupid people just shouldn't be allowed to exist.

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