![]() He runs out into the garden to try to find Red and instead is trapped beneath a piece of wood which Boober and Red must free him from. Gobo arrives just as Red has run out to move the stick of dynamite from Fraggle Rock into the Gorg castle. While the sentiment of self-acceptance in the song is laudable and allows Red to overcome the failing identified earlier, she isn’t given the same time and reflection needed to come to a greater understanding of her fear like Gobo in Catch the Tail by the Tiger or her life like she did in Marooned. Sprocket passes out after knocking a box onto his head and Red sings a song. Why they don’t feel that threats from two directions is of concern to the rest of Fraggledom, I don’t know, but they split up between the two holes and then do nothing. In an attempt to prove to Doc that there are creatures living in the wall, Sprocket begins to hammer at the hole through which Gobo comes in order to widen it and fit through.Īttacked from both sides, the Fraggle Five must act. Junior also wants to prove himself to be useful and so decides to knock down Fraggle Rock and rid their garden of the invasive Fraggles forever. Meanwhile, Junior has disappointed Pa again and Pa feels the need to sing an entire song about how stupid and blundering Junior is. ![]() She offers to prove Gobo wrong by rushing to the Gorg’s garden. Instead of handling the accusation with grace, like Gobo, Red becomes the focus of the episode because she needs to improve herself based on this criticism. Gobo replies in kind, pointing out Red’s fear of doing anything outside of her comfort zone. She tells him that he’s losing his edge, growing fat and should go on a diet. We start with Red criticizing Gobo’s technique in how he retrieves Uncle Matt’s postcards. And the lesson to be learned in this episode once again puts the focus on how characters respond to the criticism and insults in order to become better, not that casual bullying is wrong or how to confront the behavior and put an end to it. In this episode of Fraggle Rock, in which the home of the Fraggles is threatened from both Outer Space and the Gorgs, I see the types of casual insults and body shaming that was pervasive for decades in a show produced for children. ![]() Putting the onus on the individual to cope with “how the world is.” I remember PSAs and motivational speakers around this time talking about self-esteem and positive body image trying to combat the effect of these practices as well as the desire to emulate what was prevalent in various media at that time. Not just the norm, but these insults were considered terms of endearment and acceptance. ![]() Growing up in the 90s, I know I wasn’t the only one to hang out with groups of people who were critical, even insulting towards each other and have that be the accepted norm among friends. ![]()
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