“Because that’s the thing about Scooby-Doo: the bad guys in every episode aren’t monsters, they’re…”
“Because that’s the thing about Scooby-Doo: the bad guys in every episode aren’t monsters, they’re liars. I can’t imagine how scandalized those critics who were relieved to have something that was mild enough not to excite their kids would have been if they had stopped for a second and realized what was actually going on. The very first rule of Scooby-Doo, the single premise that sits at the heart of their adventures, is that the world is full of grownups who lie to kids, and that it’s up to those kids to figure out what those lies are and to call them on it, even if there are other adults who believe those lies with every fiber of their being. And the way you win isn’t through supernatural powers, or even through fighting. The way that you win is by doing the most dangerous thing that any person being lied to by someone and power can do: you think.”
– Ask Chris #81: Scooby-Doo and Secular Humanism (via cosima-wants-the-d-elphine)
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