(Courtesy)Episodes of The Muppet Show now carry a pre-warning for "negative depictions and/or mistreatment of people or cultures" on Disney Plus. Now, the episodes come with a pre-warning for "negative depictions" of certain peoples or cultures in the episodes, which first aired from 1976 and 1981. (Courtesy)ALSO READ: Disney+ blocks children from watching Peter Pan and Dumbo over offensive stereotypesThe pre-warning statement on the episodes reads: "This program includes negative depictions and/or mistreatment of people or cultures. The studio acknowledges that it does not want to make the content unavailable but instead wants to address its offensive content directly. The statements do not address which offensive depictions prompted the warnings directly, however, Reddit user /ItachiIshtar has noted which episodes include them and the likely reasons why.
Source: Standard Digital February 22, 2021 09:47 UTC