She's not exposing any actual flesh, other than a bit of leg. None of her lyrics are profane. There is not a hint of sexuality or any lust in Elmo's eyes. She's singing a song about opposites (hot/cold, up/down, etc). Yet, for the apparent crime of, well, being genetically gifted, Perry's music duet with Elmo will not be airing on television as intended. The video debuted on Monday, and apparently parents (or perhaps one social values group typing out countless complaints) have bemoaned the token amount of cleavage that Perry's dress allows us to view. It's a green and yellow summer dress. Either the whole world is filled with sexually-frustrated Oscar the Grouches, or some conservative group spent Monday and Tuesday hammering out letters of protest.
When I was six years old, I was forced everyday at four o'clock to make a major decision. From 4:00-5:00pm, I was allowed to watch an hour of television. But 30 minutes of that had to be Sesame Street. Which means that every single weekday, I had to Sophie's choose between watching He-Man and the Masters of the Universe at 4 or watching GI Joe at 4:30. I was certainly into girls at that young age, thanks to Mia Sara in Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Bebe Neuwirth in Cheers. But I still would have chosen watching He-Man toss a boulder at Skeletor versus watching Madonna (the 80s equivalent of Perry) chase Grover around Sesame Street in a low-cut dress.
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People? This wasn't a Lady Gaga video, featuring fetish wear, and butt floss.
It was in fact, kind of charming.
Yes, she has breasts...most women DO.
But unless you are going to start demanding Burkas on the female guests, I didn't see anything to "inflame: tiny minds.
It's not televisions job to challenge a parents in-home rules, and it goes against their profit motive - ratings.
It's Sesame Street! Censorship? Really? A ridiculous pop star with absolutely No redeeming qualities wants to strut down Sesame Street flashing (frankly) pale, unattractive cleavage, and your confused mind wants to pick a fight with me for her right to do it?
Find a real cause, man, find a real cause.
I can't find the cleavage pic you're referring to.
I remember her being on both sesame street and captain kangaroo, and both times she was wearing a long sleeved buttoned up cowboy shirt.
Adults notice her tatas, but that's their thing. Little girls want to play dress-up. Boys might prefer to play tag. The fact that he did want to play dress-up originally is for the boys who might like it too to not feel like girly-boys.
Why don't we ban Hannah Montana reruns because -- shocker -- some dads might enjoy it on a different level. (Yeah, I'm looking at you, sir.)
I guess we couldn't have Wonder Woman on TV anymore... appeals to prurient interests? I'm sorry Sesame Street caved to this kind of pressure.
I seriously think this is a bit of a Rorschach test: If you see breasts in this picture you probably see breasts everywhere.