I wouldn't say it pushed no agenda, but it was smart enough to keep most of it in the background and focus on actually telling a solid, worthwhile story first and foremost.
Lil Gideon was a thinly veiled stereotype of Rush Limbaugh.
The two main cops were gay.
In general the 'villains' were always some form of Americana, white men or rich people.
In that sense, though, it was about as 'woke' as the Simpsons before 2020 when they were forced to go 'woke'.
Little things. Mabel constantly getting things her way no matter how much of a brat she is while Dipper can't get away with nothin', the gay cops. Things like that.
It's more good than bad, but you can definitely tell it was made when the culture war was starting to ramp up.
Problem is Gravity Falls was amazing and is fondly remembered, so we can't have that as it didn't push no agenda
I wouldn't say it pushed no agenda, but it was smart enough to keep most of it in the background and focus on actually telling a solid, worthwhile story first and foremost.
What did it push?
Lil Gideon was a thinly veiled stereotype of Rush Limbaugh. The two main cops were gay. In general the 'villains' were always some form of Americana, white men or rich people.
In that sense, though, it was about as 'woke' as the Simpsons before 2020 when they were forced to go 'woke'.
Did the Simpsons get even woker post 2020!?
Little things. Mabel constantly getting things her way no matter how much of a brat she is while Dipper can't get away with nothin', the gay cops. Things like that.
It's more good than bad, but you can definitely tell it was made when the culture war was starting to ramp up.