Look at the samples we give them:
Tarzan lives half naked all the time
Cinderella stays outside her cerfew - and gets rewarded for it
Pinocchio lies all the time
Aladdin is the king of thieves
Sleeping beauty is lazy and sleeps all the time
Snow white lives with seven dudes
Red riding hood does not listen to her grand mother
And then, in France some primitive named Asterix drugs himself with a 'magic potion'. His dealer? The village priest who also produces the stuff.
So why are we surprised that our kids and teens are confused?
Because we weren't, WE DID read.
BBurns
Loc: South Bay, California
I questioned Superman as I did not trust anyone who wore shorts outside of their leotards.
Roy Rogers was my hero saving the Wild West until it dawned on me that his sidekick, Pat, was driving a WWII surplus Jeep.
MrMophoto
Loc: Rhode Island "The biggest little"
And the three stooges (even the name wouldn't fly today) based thier comedy on punching, slapping and poking at each other's eyes.
Actually, it is Asterisk not Asterix.
It actually is Asterix. I'm surprised that I knew because I don't think it is well known outside of France.
"Asterix or The Adventures of Asterix (French: Astérix or Astérix le Gaulois [asteʁiks lə ɡolwa]) is a series of French comics about Gaulish warriors, who have adventures and fight the Roman Empire during the era of Julius Caesar," according to Wikipedia.
Vienna74
Loc: Bountiful, Utah now Panama
Asterix was wonderful! The German translation was quite good. The English was beyond awful. Terribly boring in English.
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