To be shocked watching back kids movies from my childhood with DD

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DD is 6 and we watch quite a few films together, mixture of old and new. Last Halloween I was so excited to watch a film from my childhood, decided against hocus pocus but went with Casper. Well, turns out not once but TWICE Eric idle's character shouts BITCH at Carrigan. (She's is tbf but a bit much for a Pg film).

Just sat down to watch Charlie and the chocolate factory (from 2005!) and mike teevee says 'even a retard could figure it out'. What the hell!

Any other corkers you've come across watching back your childhood films?

But Danny also decides to change himself to get the girl, works both ways

I learned the racist insult for a white person from Grange Hill (as an adult). There’s a scene where Trisha says to benny “it’s not your fault you’re a (2-syllable word beginning with n)”, and he gives a similar reply. (I can’t quote it directly, ‘cos censorship.)

I was more traumatised as a kid having to watch James Bond films on TV on a Saturday afternoon with my family and the ‘insinuated’ sex scenes.

All the sexual innuendo in Bedknobs and Broomsticks. There is an awful lot of children being instructed to rub knobs in that film.

I remember there was a great deal of hysteria in the sixth form in my convent school when Grease first came out, so much so that rhe headmistress wrote a letter to parents saying that the film was not recommended viewing! Different times! 😆

What about Gremlins? I seem to remember Ghostbusters and Gremlins came out at more or less exactly the same time.

The word 'retard' has always been a funny one. It became seen as offensive and outdated in the UK long before it was in the USA.

USA scientific research papers/ books were still using the phrase 'mentally retarded' until 2005/6. It was only officially banned in 2013.
Whereas in the UK, it was being phased out by the 1990's.

So its probably not that unusual to see it in American movies from the 90's and even early 00's - it would still have been in pretty common usage then. Those movies (like all movies and entertainment media) are of their time.

I watched Snow White (the original animated Disney version) with my 3yo. How did I not remember the bit about the Queen requesting her heart in a box as evidence of her death or when she's cakling about Snow White being buried alive 🤔

The exact same day to be exact!

@Redheadedstepchild I have never watched Gremlins bizarrely!

Gremlins was a 15 when it was originally released. It’s now a 12A so certainly not intended as a film for young kids.

I was 9 when it was released on video, I remember the Friday night excitement when we went to Blockbuster and it was in stock 😆 Can't beat being a child of the 80s. There were no boundaries 😂

The nail through the foot of the thief who may kill the boy in the house they are trying to rob? My sympathy is not with the Wet Bandits.

Sadly, I watched Home Alone 2, the one in New York, and Donald Trump actually speaks to Kevin in a hotel, poor child was probably traumatised!
I wonder how many children watch these films without noticing these things that offend 21st century adults,

you watched these films with such truly appalling language and yet you grew up to be a truly fine person. How did you manage it? You must have an exceptionally strong moral compass.
what a star you are!

Gosh!

Hahahahaaa when I was little (around 4-5 maybe?) my mum took me to watch Italian film called Bingo Bongo with Adriano Celentano. He was playing this guy who was raised by monkeys in the jungle, and fell in love (mutually, of course) with this hot scientist researching him. Lots of innuendo and even one scene where he is breastfeeding (yes, really). Highly inappropriate, my dad was furious. I still remember bits of it! Cant bring myself to watch it though, love Celentano but most of his films are crap.

The rumour is that a PG is allowed one F bomb, so it could have been worse than Bitch 🤣

It's a great film with great music.
If you dissect almost any film, nursery rhyme, fairy story, cartoon, and you are looking to be offended, you will always find something to offend.🙄

I've repeatedly said I don't have a problem with it and it's a light-hearted thread.

That is most of MN though, they react the same way to a trans person 😁

I do wonder if the children being shielded from the horrors of the films we watched regularly in our childhood will grow up to be more or less tedious than their parents.

I love Grease but the whole moral of the story of changing who you are (smoking, becoming promiscuous) to get a man is abysmal. And definitely agree, hopefully Eugene wound up being their boss somehow.

I rewatched Pinocchio with DD when she was a toddler. I hadn’t realised that it was basically about child sex trafficking!!

Yeah it’s sad because I look forward to the nostalgia and then notice all the bits I don’t want kids exposed to. There is racism in the original Aladdin, in Toy Story they are always telling each other to shut up and saying stupid etc.

Oh haha I said the same thing. Didn’t read full thread. Sorry!