I was watching the Dennis the Menace show from the early 60s on Prime and noticed that it was rated PG13. I was curious as to how this could possible be rated PG13 and it said alcohol use, language, and smoking. That isn’t as crazy as a modern day/gen z warning I saw for Leave it to Beaver that mentioned that “it had outdated norms and it shows all white people”. In the 50s, white people made up over 90 percent of the country so the Cleaver family “reflected the world around them”. Heck, even today a traditional white nuclear family is a much better reflection of an American family than what Hollywood reflects which is some lgbt heavy neighborhood in California or NY.
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See I was confused as I thought of this Dennis not the American one. It also doesn't help they were both created FIVE DAYS apart completely independently!
Yeah it's crazy that the normal view of a nuclear family with light, manageable consumption of alcohol and smoking is dangerous compared to grooming kids for body maiming.
Yes, when the US version is shown or read over there, it is renamed to simply "Dennis" for this reason.
It's one of the great coincidences of history.
And yet I still find people saying it's NOT a coincidence...to which I quote Deep Space Nine:
"I believe in coincidences. Coincidences happen every day. But I don't trust coincidences."