Comment on Is there any such thing as "edutainment" shows for adults?
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 1 day agoMy point was that How I Met Your Mother is structured like a kids show that tries to teach a moral in each episode. I never said it had good morals. In fact it may even be parodying that structure by showing a guy who is really bad at it
Solumbran@lemmy.world 1 day ago
But then the show is not educational? I am confused by how you can ask for an educational show, mention HIMYM about its morals as an example, and then say that it might be a parody.
So you want an educational show, or a show that pictures characters trying to be educational within the show, to other characters?
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
I’m sorry if my mention of it was confusing, it was mean as kind of an aside. I wasn’t comparing it to edutainment, I was comparing it to kids shows that try to teach morals, which I guess is sort of a subcategory of edutainment. I was saying it can be seen as an adult version of a moral of the week type show, albeit a poor one. It was meant as kind of an aside because I don’t consider a moral of the week show as quite the same as edutainment but related to it
Solumbran@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Ah, okay. My bad then, I misunderstood the point.
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Eh, I’m bad at communicating sometimes