Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street...

Ok so my blogs have mostly been about celebrities doing something for a greater good, political purposes or something that is novelty in the entertainment industry like the Mankowitz story a few weeks back. But I thought this was a bit different to my norm.

Now who would have thought Sesame Street would ever make the news..For all the wrong reasons that is? Well it seems that producers of the children’s show have angered parents when guest star Katy Perry popped in to do a segment on the show with Elmo. The problem was that the segment that was released on youtube prior to being screened was deemed by parents as too revealing for the children’s television show. Parents claimed that the singers outfit was too raunchy.

Following the concerns of parents, the shows producers decided to cut the singers appearance on the show and have left the segment for viewing on youtube only.

The article written by Kellet “Sesame Street defends Katy Perry Cleavage cut” (http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/sesame-street-defends-katy-perry-cleavage-cut-20100924-15p92.html), describes what happened and the reaction from producers and Perry.

The writer has used statements from producers of the show that explain the decision to cut the footage of Perry. The article has also used Perry’s twitter comment about the decision. Further to this the article also has used an online opinion poll to give viewers opinions of the incident and has also incorporated the segment video for people to view the content themselves.

The sources used could have also incorporated comments made from parents in order to show the reader what complaints were made by parents, as well as what other people that didn’t support the move to cut the clip said. However, the article is a good example of how to incorporate video and opinion polls with news in order to give readers a much fairer overview of the issue. It helps readers to also form their own opinion of whether there are valid arguments from parents in regards to their concerns about Perry’s segment, whilst also allowing readers to judge if it was an over reaction.

Well in my opinion like most have argued. It was a huge over reaction. I’m sure most children have seen worse. Maybe next time people should look at what they wear around their children before criticizing a person that has built their image through the clothes she wears. I’m sure most parents and their children have either sung along to her songs or bought or downloaded her album!

and heres the link for the clip...check it out!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHROHJlU_Ng