You can also see Cocomelon wrestling with attempted multiculturalism in this so-labelled “ Holiday Song,” which strenuously avoids any specific holidays or religions - while bleeding Christmas trees and wreaths out of every frame. However, the channel also recognizes its international audience, with songs like this daring to call the sport both “soccer” and “football,” incorporating the globally popular “Ole” stadium anthem, and coming as close as this lily-white crew can to syncopated beats. If you’re a parent with preschool-aged kids, it’s not a question of if but when Cocomelon will enter your lives.Ĭocomelon has essentially continued “keeping keeping on,” continuing to churn out well-animated happy ditties about baby JJ and his old-school, Caucasian, gender-work-segregated family. We start with Cocomelon, which since our last outing, has jumped to one of the regular top 10 spots on Netflix. The Cocomelon abidesīut first, let’s take a look back at some of my previous targets–and what, if anything, they’ve changed about their approach since the Great Kutner Savaging of ‘19.
And yet, due to the 24/7 kids-at-home parenting needs of the pandemic, this genre of shuddertainment has become even more ubiquitous. Thankfully, my own kids have fully aged out of viewing these things for anything but hate-watching.
Two years after publishing this takedown of so-called “educational” kids’ videos on YouTube, I am still haunted by their weird, off-putting visions. Press play to hear a narrated version of this story, presented by AudioHopper.
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