A Danish animated children's TV show about a man with the 'superpower' of an infinitely extendable penis, has left parents and politicians quite unimpressed in Denmark.?
The show titled 'John Dillermand' - which roughly translates as 'John Pee-Pee' - has aired on state broadcaster DR since December. The show features an animated clay man in a striped red and white outfit with an extendable - sometimes helpful, sometimes out of control, yet fully clothed - penis.
However, even in Denmark, a country which is known to be progressive, people are not happy.?
People took to social media and called the show 'disgusting' and 'below standards' among other things. The show is targeted at children aged 4 to 8.?
"Am I the only one who finds it reprehensible that children should find it fun to watch adult penises on DR (Danish Broadcasting Corporation)?," Morten Messerschmidt, a lawmaker for the conservative Danish People's Party, wrote in Danish on Twitter.
Author Anne Lise Marstrand-J?rgensen, asked if the show was "really the message we want to send to children, at a time when we're in the midst of a huge #metoo wave?"
In the TV show, the penis gets caught in the door of a bus, holds onto balloons as the character flies up into the air, and is used as both a helicopter rotor and a whip to tame a lion.?
DR said that the show aims to recognise children's curiosity about their bodies. The show includes the parts they might find embarrassing and by having a childish adult with an unusual body as the main character, they might find it educational.
"Small children enjoy being naked and exploring themselves. They play doctor games, examine each other and love naughty words," Margrethe Bruun Hansen, a children's psychologist consulted in the making of the show, told DR.
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