As the gift-giving season draws near, we can just assume that many parents may be a bit stumped by what to get their kids for the holidays. The toy industry has decided to up the stakes by introducing dolls that are just so lifelike it’s almost frightening. Seriously, the things toys can do and say nowadays — simply amazing. But some dolls out there have parents covering their child’s eyes and ears.
We’ve taken a look at a few potential gift items on Crasstalk lately. There was this one that simulated breast-feeding, and then this other thing that looked sort of like a racist thing. Yawr. Wait! What exactly are doll manufacturers trying to tell our kids today?!
Let’s not get ahead of ourselves here. We’re sure the majority of dolls are harmless, non-political, non-polarized toys, and even those that are — the message may not be all bad, even if controversial. However, every once in awhile you come across something that’s just a head scratcher.
Let’s take a look at the “You & Me Interactive Play & Giggle Triplet Dolls.” I don’t want to go there with the whole multiple birth motif and say that it’s a — Kate Gosselin/Duggar family of never-ending children, and the women with elastic wombs made of titanium mesh who birthed them — subconscious message. Yet, I’m sure someone could make that analogy. Maybe. No, this toy is wracking up a firestorm of comments because it calls your child “A Crazy Bitch.”
You heard me. This talking toy can be heard uttering the phrase “You Crazy Bitch.” And parents are outraged. SIMPLY OUTRAGED!
The dolls, which are intended for children 2 and up, are being sold exclusively at Toys “R” Us stores. Well, we all know Toys “R” Us is where they filmed Pulp Fiction, so obviously Samuel L. Jackson was a consultant in the making of the most badass doll to ever curse a Toys “R” Us shelf. We can just imagine that “You & Me Interactive Play & Giggle Triplet Dolls” are really a front for a plastic playmate drug cartel. They’re in the store after closing shaking everyone down. Barbie and Ken have had to file for bankruptcy. The Dream House is in foreclosure. The Mutant Ninja Turtles have had to sell all their weapons and are now turning tricks down on Hollywood Boulevard. The stockroom over at kingpin Giggle Triplet’s mini-mansion is in disarray. You just don’t want to know what Strawberry Shortcake and Gargamel were caught doing.
But what about the children?
A mother told WJXT-TV in Jacksonville, Fla., that she feared her son could pick up the curse word from the doll. “I don’t want him repeating what’s on there,” she said.
In Oklahoma there was a shared sentiment.
“I did hear that. I wouldn’t want that for my child. Definitely not,” Denise Altschule told FOX23 in Tulsa, Okla.
So what do you think should happen to these delinquent dolls, or is it all a set up?
Take a listen and let us know. Do we need to get the attorney general involved or what?
