While many nostalgic pastimes and tendencies from the 90s have been uncovered or ruined in varied methods (sorry, Abercrombie and Victoria’s Secret), Barney, the extraordinarily harmless and derpy dinosaur, has held sturdy. At least till now.
Peacock shall be premiering a two-part docuseries on October twelfth not solely follows the historical past of Barney the Dinosaur, however that may will deliver a number of the tougher truths to mild surrounding the present. The silver lining is it appears the beloved child’s character continues to be simply as pure as we keep in mind him to be; it’s the world’s backlash that will get darkish.
The I Love You, You Hate Me official trailer launched yesterday gave some perception into the documentary, addressing the hatred, threats, and violence the present’s manufacturing staff and solid skilled and the disturbing rumors that surfaced relating to what went down on set.
The teaser describes the documentary as, “A limited series chronicling the rise and fall of Barney the Dinosaur’s furious backlash — and what it says about the human need to hate. From Barney-bashing to frat parties to homicidal video games, something in American society broke into a million pieces, and it’s never been put together again… or is this just who we were all along?”
“What color is happier than purple? No color,” Billy Nye shared within the trailer. Al Roker additionally appeared, saying that as creator Sheryl Leaches’ “beloved character was heading into the stratosphere, people couldn’t accept that this was just a show. And so, let the bashing begin.”
It reduce into snippets of footage exhibiting Barney memorabilia being set on hearth and hanged amongst different disturbing happenings.
The teaser additionally included a snippet of a person stating, “Some of the rumors I heard: Barney hides drugs in his tail.”
Oy vey.
The public was, as you’ll think about, in complete denial. “I want to keep my childhood happy, thanks 😂,” one follower wrote. Others shared, “Noooooo! Not Barney! Leave us some happy memories!” and “Excuse me? Don’t u dare ruin my childhood with this BS? I still love Barney and Baby Bop.”
Of course, there was your justifiable share of cynical feedback, too, like, “Is anyone even remotely surprised that there is a dark side to Barney?”
Do I help the autumn of our iconic Barney? No. Will I be watching this? Yes.
You can watch the premiere of I Love You, You Hate Me on Peacock TV on Wednesday, October twelfth.
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