#dead-end-paranormal-park

[ follow ]
fromPinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news
2 weeks ago

Republican threatens to drag Netflix bosses before congress over cartoon character

We have to look at who regulates the FCC [regulator the Federal Communications Commission], and since it's cable, does that count? I don't know. We need to find out what their agenda is, and why they're pushing this stuff because from what I understand, that... is the number-one-rated cartoon. "That is recruiting," he said of trans representation on the show. "That is grooming, that is the worst of the worst because they're taking young minds, and they know they can do that."
US politics
#trans-representation
fromVulture
3 weeks ago
Right-wing politics

Why Is Elon Musk Calling for a Netflix Boycott?

Dead End: Paranormal Park features a transmasculine Jewish teen character and triggered a conservative Netflix boycott after social-media promotion of a 2022 clip.
fromConsequence
3 weeks ago

Elon Musk Urges Netflix Boycott for a Show That Ended Two Years Ago

However, the show caught the attention of Musk after far-right social media accounts began recirculating clips of the series this week. The show's creator, Hamish Steele, shared to his BlueSky account that "It's probably going to be a very odd day" after Musk retweeted a post from Libs of TikTok calling out Dead End: Paranormal Park for "pushing pro-transgender of CHILDREN." The post claimed the series was "advertised for 7-YEAR-OLDS" and "promoted on Netflix Kids now," to which Musk added: "This is not ok."
Media industry
[ Load more ]