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PAW Patrol's Dark Secret, Explained

Skip Intro · 944.4K views · 2022-09-10 · 1:18:07

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Overview

A long video essay by Skip Intro asking what vision of policing the kids' show PAW Patrol suggests. It mixes comedy with serious critique and features guest voices.

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Recommended as a funny but serious critique of the show's portrayal of authority and policing.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2022–2024

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scrollaway · 2022-12 · Strong recommendation

I think you will enjoy this video breakdown from Skip Intro: [VIDEO] It’s a superb video essay and absolutely worth the watch! But to be clear, it’s also playing into the meme that paw patrol is copaganda, so take it as a mix of comedy and serious analysis :) The gist of the video is that, while paw patrol is not copaganda, it is problematic for parallel reasons. It’s also a terrible tv show as you noted.

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Quinzel · 2023-10 · Recommendation

Paw Patrol is so shit, I had to study it in my undergrad forensic psychology course: [LINK] And if you can’t be bothered reading an academic journal about it, this YouTube video really emphasises the issues quite well: [VIDEO]

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aspenmayer · 2024-07 · Reference

Related: PAW Patrol's Dark Secret, Explained - Skip Intro > PAW Patrol is a TV show for kids. It's very popular, so we might as well ask: "What vision of policing does it suggest?" PAW Patrol is also a very bad TV show. [VIDEO]

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