Fit for children?
Some people might consider it to be "pretty freekin scary" that a program like Pretty Freekin Scarey is made for children.
On one hand, a depiction of a rather tame underworld and afterlife is quite appropriate for children., since many children will have to encounter real deaths of pets, family members, and classmates.
On the other hand, various religious persons may condemn the show for not accurately depicting their religion's version of an afterlife.
On a third hand, atheists could complain that depicting an afterlife already existing may give children the idea that they don't need to use science and technology to create an afterlife when they grow up.
And I find it annoying that Theodore Snickering is apparently depicted as some sort of villain for escaping from the underworld and staying alive. The Grim Reaper (G.R.) claims that he cheated her. And I can't stand the expression "cheating death". It implies that death is a person who has a right to kill people and whose rights are violated if someone escapes death.
I note that all four persons working for G.R. in the underworld seen so far are kids. So G.R. seems to use child labor. And it is not mentioned whether her child workers were born in the underworld or were living kids who died and who stayed in the underworld working for G.R. instead of passing through it.
And the stories seem to cater to the prejudices of modern kids instead of fighting them. Many kids want to be respected by adults, and yet Christine in "Life As We Knew It" is considered by the other characters to be dislikeable for being well organized and obedient to her scary boss G.R. She is the one who keeps the underworld working smoothly - it descends into chaos when she is away for a few days - and yet nobody admits that she is admirable.
In "The Girl Most Likely to Come Back to Life" Frankie doesn't want to be known as the girl who died and came back to life and campaigns for "best smile" in the class yearbook, a rather trivial goal. And in that episode it is revealed that Frankie hasn't told anyone about the underworld except her parents & brother and her new friend Nix. And in that episode G.R. orders her not to say anything about it. And fear of angering G.R. is a good enough reason why Frankie would ignore her duty to tell everyone everything she knows about the underworld.
But nothing explains why Frankie hasn't been hounded by scientists and reporters constantly since she came back from the dead.
In Star trek IV:The Voyage HOme McCoy wants to discuss Spock's death and rebirth:
McCOY: Forget it! ...Perhaps we could cover a little philosophical ground? Life, Death, Life. Things of that nature?
SPOCK: I did not have time on Vulcan to review the philosophical disciplines.
McCOY: Come on Spock, it's me, McCoy! You really have gone where no man has gone before. Can't you tell me what it felt like?
SPOCK: It would be impossible to discuss the subject without a common frame of reference.
McCOY: You're joking!
SPOCK: A joke is a story with a humorous climax.
McCOY: You mean I have to die to discuss your insights on death?
And millions of persons should be as eager as McCoy to find out everything Franke know about death and the afterlife. share