Why Target Needs to Rearrange Their DVD Section.
I popped into Target the day after Thanksgiving, to buy Ice Age for Luca. He kept wanting to buy it on our Apple TV, so it was either buy the DVD or go bankrupt from the daily charge of $2.99.
After locating the very last Ice Age in the store, and thankfully so because, hello, Kim Jong, I quickly scanned the rest of the Children’s and Family Favorites sections, to see if there were any other babysitters movies for Luca. My eyes immediately fell on Batman. Score! He loves him some superheroes, so I knew it would be a hit.
Sure enough, the moment we walked in the door, he insisted on watching it. I had some work to finish up, so the timing was perfect. I settled in next to him on the couch. He with his popcorn, me with my MacBook.
With one ear on the movie, making sure it wasn’t too violent or dark, I typed away on my keyboard. I did heard the word “crap” early on and was a bit taken aback by it. But, against my better judgement, I let Batman keep rolling and went back to my work.
It wasn’t until I heard, “Cheer you up, mister?” that I began to realize things were not so, um, family friendly. As I was frantically searching for the remote, Luca sat slack-jawed on the couch completely engrossed in the animated flick.
And this is what came next…
Luca threw the tantrum of the year when I cut it off and begged me to keep watching it.
No, you may not watch a move with pimps and prostitutes, dear. It’s for big people, honey. Now, how about that Ice Age?
I’m a little nervous now about how much Luca retained. I’m pretty much expecting to get a call from his teacher saying he bitch-slapped poor little Sally in the sandbox because she took his shovel.
Sigh.
But, I learned a few things from this little movie mix-up.
I need to be more vigilant about checking the ratings before I buy Luca movies, because, apparently, cartoons have hookers, too. Who knew?
Target might want to think about rearranging their DVD collection. Maybe, you know, take movies like this out of the Family Favorites section.
And, I totally win at parenting. Obviously.
Angie [A Whole Lot of Nothing]
You taught me that cartoons have hookers, too. Thank you, Zapata. You’re a life saver.
admin
I’m glad you got something out of me fucking up my kid. It warms my heart, friend. xo
Nancy P
Whoopsie!
admin
Big one!
pgoodness
bwahahahaha!! OH MY!
admin
Oh my is right! HA!
DogsOnDrugs.com
Hey, he’s got to learn about stupid little bitches somewhere!
My kids think ANYTHING animated is appropriate, and so I have to really keep an eye on them or they’ll be sent home from school for singing the South Park song, Shut Your Fucking Face, Uncle-Fucker.
I think any animated show that’s intended for adults should be preceded by a 2 minute long screeching tone to alert the parents as to what is about to go down.
admin
HAHAHAHHAAHAH! I love that Southpark!
And yes, I agree about the screeching tone. It’s needed for slacker parents…like me
Bobbi Janay
First off yikes, secondly I caught my husband trying to watch Boondocks Saints with Ian still up. So you are not alone. The animated batman movies are more for fanboys then kids. The story line is really dark, not that I am a fanboy are anything.
Allison Wilson
Oh, fuckles. I just wrote this long-ass response, and the internet ate it instead of posting.
Anyway, I was saying that this exact thing happened to us, with the same Batman movie. Batman Year One, right?
A friend gave it to Julian as a gift to help replace what was stolen in our robbery, since all his favorite Batman dvds were taken. So we were watching it one Saturday morning, and I noticed it was a little darker and had more violence than other Batman movies we had. But then the stripper scene came on, and I immediately ran over and turned it off.
Julian is 7, so he’s pretty aware of what’s going on and has been asking questions. He doesn’t really get why a bunch of guys would be sitting around watching a girl in a club take her clothes off, because he has no idea what a strip club is. But he definitely got the idea.
Miss
Well… how can you be really sure she was a hooker? She seemed totally over-dressed to me.
Rachel
Yeah. I learned the hard way what Adult Swim on cartoon network meant. Why would they put those adult cartoons on the same channel that kids know by heart before they know their own name? The network assholes are trying to make us look bad.