july 2017


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    The Fool said: ↑

        ...Teletubbies have personalities? I mean, I've seen a few episodes of that shit, all they do is unanimously say the same thing several times.
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    They do, but they still have individual personalities.

    Tinky Winky is the oldest one and functions as the paternal figure, but he also faces the complex struggle of being an openly gay paternal figure which was fairly uncharted territory for the 90s. He worries that the other Teletubbies will see him as less of a man due to his sexuality.

    Dipsy is the only black member of the Teletubbies and the most rebellious of the group. He faces the pressure of being the sole representative of the black community on the show, so he tries to make sure he always has the most hip dance moves and the latest fashion with his black and white hat that many have mistaken for a pimp hat. Again remember this is the 90s and the black and white cow print was very fashionable as it was all over Gateway computers. He tries to make himself seem "cool" by not always going with the consensus of the rest of the group.

    Laa-Laa functions as the mom of the group who tries to help the other Teletubbies with their various problems, but in doing so she fails to deal with her own problems, masking her own struggles with depression and feelings of inadequacy as a result. She instead hides behind the never ending sunshine provided by the smiling baby in the sky. Watching Laa-Laa on the show actually is triggering for me as I was previously in a relationship with a woman who exhibited very similar behavior.

    Po, like Dipsy, is there as the sole representative of the minority community, in her case the Asian community. She will show her native Chinese pride by stating Cantonese phrases mixed with the Teletubbies' weird dialect of English while riding her scooter. Her scooter represents her desire to be different and more tomboyish than Laa-Laa-Laa. She is also the youngest and functions as a little sister to the group, but sometimes she doesn't particularly want to revert to this behavior, but she does so anyways due to her crush on Tinky Winky, who does not reciprocate due to his homosexuality.

    They also have the vacuum cleaner, Noo-Noo who functions as the straight man of the group. Noo-Noo does not talk but often rolls its eyes at the Teletubbies' various antics, knowing that many of their nonsensical antics such as their weird oddly sexual dance routines and their love for the pink slime known as "Tubby Custard" are really just acts they put on to hide their issues. Said dances are the ways they worship their baby sun god who laughs in approval. As a result of their issues, instead of thinking for themselves they listen to an unnamed narrator who directs their daily lives.

    The show really has compelling content if you look beneath the surface of it being a silly kids show. The only thing that really brings it down are the excruciatingly boring videos with the real children, which have nothing to do with the plot of the show and also have to be shown twice for some reason. Even in this part, however, more details on the social dynamics of the Teletubbies can be revealed-whichever Teletubby is chosen to show the video on their screen becomes instantly excited, even though they have the worst view of the video since they have to watch it upside down looking directly down. This just shows their need for competition and to constantly one up each other, certainly not the happy blissful alien creatures living in perfect harmony that the show leads you to believe initially.

    m0rnutz said: ↑

        Dude definitely wanks it to Caillou, I am sure of it.
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    I have not done such a thing, as I don't particularly go for prepubescent age children. I will say that Caillou's babysitter Julie was quite attractive though. Both her and Clementine's mom easily would rank over Doris for me. 

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