Caillou’s Cancellation: A Sign of the Times?
It seems that being an annoying character is enough to make people rejoice that Caillou has been canceled, but if that’s the only criterion, there should be a long list of other characters that deserve the same fate. It’s been 20 years since people started watching Caillou, and it’s taken this long for the network to finally pull the plug on the show. The reason? Caillou is a whiny and devilish brat that teaches bad behavior and has no educational quality whatsoever. Are people serious? It almost feels like this might be a joke that someone will reveal later on to be a social experiment of some sort since there are plenty of cartoons that have come and gone with little to no educational value.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not about to jump on the cancel culture bandwagon, but the idea of canceling something simply because it’s not liked is nothing new, nor is calling for the cancellation of a show simply because it rubs someone the wrong way. So, should we go down the list of cartoons that really have no educational value and feature annoying characters that a lot of people really don’t care about?
Cancel Culture: Out of Control?
Many have already said that cancel culture is getting out of control, and Caillou’s cancellation is just one more example of it. Like it or not, Caillou is a part of pop culture, and he’s not even the most offensive part when you really think about it. Spongebob Squarepants, Looney Tunes, any cartoon with Donald Duck in it, Tom and Jerry, Gravity Falls, and various other shows have been popular for years, and while people have spoken out about them, they’ve remained quite often, even if they’ve been banned in certain countries. Do you want to know why? It’s because those who can watch a show for what it is, not what they want it to be, will either find a way to enjoy it or simply turn it off and ignore it. That’s it, plain and simple.
There’s this wonderful device on a remote control called the POWER button that allows a person to turn the TV off, and if that’s not an option, there’s always the ability to switch the channel or stream a different show. It’s amazing how many options are out there that people just don’t think about before ‘cancel’ becomes the only idea left to them. While Caillou might be a problem for some folks who don’t want their kids watching this program, all it really takes is turning off the TV when it’s on or telling them to switch the channel. But it does kind of sound as though people aren’t really keen on that idea and are firm on their need to celebrate a show being taken off the air.
Is Celebrating Caillou’s Cancellation Really Necessary?
If that feels petty to you, then you’re not alone since it feels like an incredible waste of time and effort to complain about a show that will be taken off the air if no one watches it. That might sound like a long shot for a lot of people, but the truth is if a show doesn’t get watched and doesn’t pull in the ratings, it’s not going to last long. So obviously, for quite some time, long enough for some adults to have watched the show as kids, Caillou has been around, whining and winning despite what people want to say about it. Not having watched more than ten minutes of the show, I can still say that the kid is a whiny little pain in the backside that probably won’t be missed by a lot of people after a couple of months go by. But the need to straight out cancel the show is something that doesn’t appear to be a great use of a person’s time since canceling anything is akin to saying that those who agree that something isn’t worth watching should get their say over those who might actually enjoy watching the show.
Like it or not, what one person hates, another person might enjoy immensely, and trying to cancel everything that’s not liked is a futile act since there will always be someone, somewhere, who will raise a stink about the attempt to cancel anything they happen to care about.
So really, the ‘celebration’ that parents want to have over the fact that Caillou has been canceled is kind of pointless since the many other cartoons they’ve decided to leave alone are either just as bad or worse.
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