“Are we allowed to do that?”
Seeing a bit of blowback about the “happy ending” undermining the message about stoicism and missing the opportunity to portray challenges like moving as an opportunity for new adventures and growth. Seems fair in my view.
I will love it they do a moving away episode with another character to show both sides. Rusty maybe, military family…
Can someone please give me a run down on why everyone seems to love this show? I know nothing about it, coming from a corner of genuine ignorance here.
Because it’s less a show aimed at children, and more aimed at their parents - especially millennial parents of youngish children. It’s clever, it’s earnest, it’s trying to teach it’s underlying philosophy but not in the ham-fisted “what did we learn today kids” format that most kids TV takes. It’s full of in-jokes, references and callbacks that most kids aren’t going to pick up on, and does a fantastic job at characterisation for all it’s supporting characters.
See if you can find the episodes “stickbird” and “baby race” - if those don’t land, then the show probably isn’t for you.
Could you give some examples on how it appeals to adults? I have 2 children with autism and I’m looking to find something safe for them that doesn’t get obnoxious
I’d say the best way for you to be judge is to take a look yourself if you can. The previously mentioned episodes ‘stickbird’ and ‘baby race’ are excellent examples of how the show appeals to adults as well as children.
It’s not overt in trying to appeal to parents with cringey side-jokes or too advanced themes.
It’s more situational - for example in baby race, bluey’s mum Chilli recounts comparing baby Bluey’s progress against the other babies at playgroup - a situation many (all?) parents can relate to. She (SPOILER) gets advice from a friend and learns to ‘run her own race’ - the concept that Chilli is trying to teach Bluey when she compared to her younger sister Bingo.
The whole show really is a masterpiece. I particularly like the music, and the fact that it’s set in my home town 🙂
When Chili tells Bluey she doesn’t want to leave either, she specifically says, “You took your first steps in that house!”
When they’re all taking their last looks in the house, Chili is standing in the kitchen staring at the spot where Bluey took her first steps in Baby Race!
The song played at the end is Megan Washington’s Lazarus Drug. Here’s the link to the Bluey version played at the end, including the bells ending with the bats.
Two parts that I really love (apart from all of it):
You can hear the change in the music when bluey and bingo start running through the empty house.
And
All I can think of when the bells start at the end is the end credits with the fruit bats - that’s exactly my view of every evening here in Brisbane.
Boy this episode hit hard. I’m about to start the last week at my job where I’ve been for 11 years to start a new adventure the next week.
