Sunday, February 10, 2019

Perfect Number Watches VeggieTales "Duke and the Great Pie War" (2005)








































I'm really glad they didn't try to "clean up" this part of the story and remove the part where Petunia (Ruth) had been previously married. From a purity-culture perspective, having her be previously married throws a giant wrench in the whole "this is God's perfect plan for your love story" myth. Really glad they didn't try to change the story to make it fit that myth.

























































It's actually pretty astounding how watching this VeggieTales episode illuminates just how TOTALLY REPRESSED I was back then. Like, this is presented as a lesson about our responsibility to help our family. It wasn't "here is how to have a God-approved marriage." It wasn't anything like that at all! But I was so totally repressed, so boy-crazy, so full of romantic attraction with no acceptable outlet, that the only message I could hear from VeggieTales "Duke and the Great Pie War" was "here is how to have a God-approved marriage."





















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To see all my VeggieTales reviews: Perfect Number Watches VeggieTales (Master Post)

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