• QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works
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    I think it was more of a “Why did the studio put us in a position where we would be asked this?” situation. Im not a fan of Snoop but listening to the actual discussion made it seem less homophobic and more irritated at having to deal.

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      obviously there is a time and place for these conversations, a theater is not the place. but on the otherhand he litterally says he told the kid to shush and eat popcorn. Whereas your dad or my mom would have have explained on the spot. The only excuse I can see is that its his grandson and maybe he isnt sure how his parents would react to him teaching him this stuff. but to me Its a serious enough topic that it should be explained at least later by them. Even if he isnt homophobic dancing around the topic certainly is.

      Childrens media often covers serious topics like, death, mental health, divorce, bullying, diversity, disabilities to name a few. Its litterally designed to make kids ask questions like this. I dont think hed Ignore any questions on these topics. Infact theres probably 100s of examples he could have used when his own kids or grandkids asked heavy questions. Why did this stick out in his mind? The interviewers first example of this was anxiety, which is a much more reasonable approach to this conversation of “should we be putting this stuff in kids media?”

      Also I just watched the clip from buzz lightyear for additional context. and my previous statement assuming adoption was not an option because it depicts the pregnancy and raising of the child. So I was off quite off base there.

      Edit: itallics

      • QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works
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        I challenge you to find a dozen instances of gay parents giving birth to a child without any added explanation. Yes there are hundreds of instances of LGBT+ relationships in kids media but there probably aren’t many claiming two women can on their own produce a child.

        All this being said IVF explains everything. Kids know babies are in bellies so it’s just a different shot that some mommies get. When my buddy’s parents had their first biological child at 7 his mom said she got IVF and that’s how she explained it.

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          Im confused. My point was that the purpose of the scene was exactly to get the child to ask the parent about a heavy topic ( lesbian mothers and IVF). This could very well be the first movie to represent this, im not sure why thats relavent. I would think its unhealthy for a kid to go about modern life without being at least a mild understanding of alternate lifestyles. Ignorance classically promotes bigotry, fear, shame.

          Nowhere in the scene or interview does it make any claims that this is physically possible without outside intervention. Assuming snoop is living under a rock and doesnt know about IVF. It would still be important for him to learn and look it up for his own intrests and the intrest of the kid who is asking.