The Teletubbies have been off television for four years, and it is time to bring them back to the forefront: if children are no longer entertained by them, not even for don’t lose a pop culture icon. Tinky Winky, Po, Laa-laa and Dipsy are coming to Netflix on November 14 with a couple of changes compared to the original seasons: the sun has the face of another girl and Tituss Burgess (‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’) will be in charge of narrating her adventures. Of course, there has been controversy. how not
Preschool series, pissed off adults
In their trailer, the Teletubbies do what they always do: they dance, they eat the Tubbitostada, they see the baby Teletubbies and they say their names. But oh! Sun! The girl who played the original sun is not the same! It’s normal: Jess Smith is 26 years old and not up to the job. Instead, it’s an Asian girl. I’m going to save you the controversy with the “Teletubbies woke”, because you can already imagine it.
Part of adult public on Twitter, very offended, has made it clear that they refuse to watch this series for considering it a direct attack on his childhood. At this point, that there are twenty-five-year-olds angry with a series for preschoolers should not come as a surprise, really. It is the routine of anger in social networks: if something new comes out, you have to be angry.
Doesn’t seem like Netflix cares too much: ‘Teletubbies’ is basically the same series it was back in the day, without any experiment that tries to revolutionize what cannot be revolutionized. The fact that childless adults are not in their audience is, well, what it should be. The fuss on social networks and feign offense it is only part of a new audiovisual landscape that is difficult to get used to.