fruit vs fruitcake

[cimorene]

A Berry Disturbing Makeover for Strawberry Shortcake

I like the new Strawberry Shortcake. It's a new version - it doesn't automatically make the classic cease to exist. Why do you have to choose sides? And here's a novel idea: not getting pissed off about remakes until the filmmakers actually go out and burn all the copies of the original and declare you a moron for liking it. Jezebel's Sadie, albeit not without an ironic nod to the fact that she's being swayed to irrationality by her nostalgia (though again: why is your nostalgia so, well, possessive? Just because you like an idea doesn't mean other people can't think about it and even disagree with you about it - and I loved Strawberry Shortcake too!), waxes outraged that the new Shortcake characters are going to focus less on desserts, and more on fruits. Heavens, no! Not FRUITS! Damn that politically correct media machine, trying to promote the eating of fruits and vegetables!

Comments

[kyuuketsukirui.livejournal.com]

I think the new Strawberry Shortcake is really cute, though at the same time I'm kind of :-/ because it's definitely more sexy/fashionable than the old one, which is not a trend I'm really fond of.

[cimness.livejournal.com]

Yeah, true. That I find to be an actually legitimate critique, the sexualisation one. I saw it in the comments of her post, to be fair. But only brought up by other people.