I don't deny that the early sexualization of little kids is an issue, and a quickly growing one. And Candy Land just seems to be playing up the fantasy thing more. I like the new ones, like others have already said they look more active and playful than their predecessors. Not because she appears too thin, but because perhaps there should be at least SOME remaining fat girls for little kids to look up to, right?īut the ponies? Come on. And I also see her weight loss as kind of problematic. I think what you're calling "sexualizing" is what I would call "sophisticating" her, if I'm allowed to make up words, or aging her you could say there's a problem there, that little girls want to grow up too fast.
Rainbow Brite I can see where you're coming from - she was a youthful, chubby little girl and now seems to be a pretty teenager. Is this news sweet or sour? You decide.This one's a pretty big stretch, methinks.
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Click here for that.īy the way, the rights for a Candyland movie have been sold and Adam Sandler is the man behind it. I encourage everyone to explore the Candyland Wikipedia page to experience more frustration. One of my fellow players couldn’t have said it better, “I won and I’m still mad.” Yes, this game is purely a device to teach children color-recognition, but part of me still feels gypped. He was plump and purple and utterly ridiculous, but who can argue with that adorable face and those crazy eyes? What did he ever do to deserve a complete removal from the game? The characters don’t even do anything and are purely decorative. Secondly, they removed perhaps one of my favorite–and the cutest–of all the Candyland characters: Jolly. On a side note, does that mean she and King Kandy got a divorce? I’d like to play that board game… But then I realized that poor Lolly wasn’t getting a promotion on the social ladder, her title was actually stripped from her by Queen Frostine who, in attempt to stay young, is now called “Princess Frostine”. At first, I guessed that perhaps Milton Bradley was trying to make her more “hip” like when they made Dora the Explorer a teenager and gave her long hair and sparkle pumps. This is a travesty of the highest kind because she was my favorite and I always insisted on playing her. So these small “changes” completely reject the cornerstones of my childhood fantasy world.įirstly, Princess Lollipop is no longer Princess Lollipop. Basically, we’d pick characters and reenact them in classic toddler role-playing fashion. To give you a glimpse into the game’s importance to me let me explain that my sister and I used to play Candyland in real life. The mysterious “they” of course refers to the brains over at Milton Bradley whose sole jobs are to mess with my childhood. I think even an amoeba could play it and win.Īside from it’s simplicity, there was something else I noticed that disturbed me: they changed the game. The game itself relies on neither skill nor luck–not even chance. Two minutes is all it took for my friend to make it from the Peppermint Forest, past the Gumdrop Mountains, through the Molasses Swamp, and into the gates of the Candy Castle.
I mean, have you made a trip down the rainbow pathway to the Candy Castle recently? It could be the most foolproof game in history I’m almost ashamed to have once found it entertaining.
My fellow creatives and I needed a mental break and whipped out this cardboard classic and let loose–well, as much as you can with such a simple game. Today at work I played a game of Candyland.
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