What our kids should be learning from Sesame Street

 Posted by on 7 March 2009  Modern Life, Music, NSFW
Mar 072009
 

I love mash-up culture. This was posted first on Facebook by Wynston, and I’ve pinched it for my blog, because I’d rather get the hits.

I think I might love mash-ups because I love the sensation of cognitive dissonance. It’s essential to many forms of humour, and it’s something that truly makes us human.

Aside from the obviousness of children’s show characters being set to gangsta rap, there is a much subtler — and subversive — cognitive dissonance here.

Just think: when was the last time you saw a rap video featuring gay main characters? (I mean, in a positive way.)

Grant Hamilton

  • Colin Corneau

    My theory always was that Ernie and Bert were mildly retarded but still relatively functional, and that they lived in an ‘assisted living’ apartment set up by the state.

    • http://www.absurdintellectual.com/ Grant Hamilton

      That is truly hilarious.

  • Alawna

    Oh my this is pretty great stuff! Funniest thing I’ve seen today.