Mister Roger's = Staunch Conformist
Mister Roger's = Staunch Conformist
Joined: 12/31/69
#0Mister Roger's = Staunch Conformist
Posted: 4/5/06 at 1:48pm
I've watched Mr. Roger's the past two days and there has been heavy focus on characters "growing up as they should" and becoming "what they were supposed to be".
A song yesterday had the lyrics:
Only boys can be daddies
and only girls can be mommies
Bla bla bla it was just extremely constricting when it came to gender roles and it struck me as odd to see this on Mr. Rogers.
Joined: 12/31/69
#1re: Mister Roger's = Staunch Conformist
Posted: 4/5/06 at 1:53pm
Mr. Rogers: Girl babies don't turn into boy babies. And boy babies don't turn into girl babies.
Maybe I'm overanalyzing.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#2re: Mister Roger's = Staunch Conformist
Posted: 4/5/06 at 2:05pmThere's no apostrophe in Rogers, for one thing.
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#3re: Mister Roger's = Staunch Conformist
Posted: 4/5/06 at 2:11pmAnd then how does one explain Lady Elaine?
#4re: Mister Roger's = Staunch Conformist
Posted: 4/5/06 at 2:14pmLady Elaine always scared me.
"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen."
Conan O'Brien
#5re: Mister Roger's = Staunch Conformist
Posted: 4/5/06 at 2:16pmI was scared of the cat who needed a translator.
#6re: Mister Roger's = Staunch Conformist
Posted: 4/5/06 at 2:18pmHenrietta? Yeah she was also kinda spooky. I was a fan of Daniel Stripped Tiger!!
"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen."
Conan O'Brien
robbiej
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#7re: Mister Roger's = Staunch Conformist
Posted: 4/5/06 at 2:21pm
Ya wanna know how gay I am?
At six years old, I was watching the Neighborhood, and when Lady Elaine Fairchild showed up, I actually thought to myself, 'Of course her name is Lady Elaine. She looks JUST like Elaine Stritch.'
At six years old.
True story.
"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."
#8re: Mister Roger's = Staunch Conformist
Posted: 4/5/06 at 2:24pmMy dear, that amount of gayness is unmeasurable. Elaine Stritch was just Rudy Huxtable's teacher to me until I reached puberty.
#9re: Mister Roger's = Staunch Conformist
Posted: 4/5/06 at 2:28pmLady Aberlin was my first crush.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#10re: Mister Roger's = Staunch Conformist
Posted: 4/5/06 at 2:31pmI'm a Mister McFeely man myself.
SweetQintheLights
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/12/05
#11re: Mister Roger's = Staunch Conformist
Posted: 4/5/06 at 3:29pmWhen Mr Rogers died, I wanted to inherit his sweater and shoes.
"How bout a little black dress?"~hannahshule
"I have a penis, not a vagina." ~munkustrap178
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