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MY LITTLE PONIES Isn’t Woke – It Offers Strong Biblical Morals

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MY LITTLE PONIES Isn’t Woke – It Offers Strong Biblical Morals

By Movieguide® Staff

Netflix recently released a new animated movie called, MY LITTLE PONY: A NEW GENERATION, which the media has labeled as a “proegressive” and “woke” take on the classic Hasbro toy.

However, Movieguide® believes that A NEW GENERATION champions biblical themes and has a positive message for the young children it targets.

In recent years major movie studios and TV networks have increasingly implemented “woke” ideology into popular cartoons geared towards young children.

Nickelodeon and Cartoon network have both upped their production of shows with hypersexualized content about gender and sexuality in shows meant for minors.

However, as classic shows like BLUE’S CLUES, THE MUPPETS, and RUGRATS, bow to woke idealogy, the new media trend is to paint every new children’s series or movie with the ‘woke’ brush.

The MY LITTLE PONY movie—based on over a decade of TV shows and three decades of other forms of media—made headlines in news outlets from both sides of the aisle for its allegedly politically charged adaptation.

The New York Times reported of the movie:

This “My Little Pony” movie takes a contemporary spin on the franchise’s tot-friendly tenets of love and friendship by staging a political awakening about tolerance, prejudice, even fascism — sweetened, of course, with musical numbers, cutesy gags, and pastel vistas.

Fox News echoed the NY Times article with a recent headline that reads: “‘My Little Pony’ has gone woke: New Netflix movie introduces progressive creatures.”

“It appears ‘My Little Pony,’ the kid-friendly animated franchise that dates back to the ’80s, has gone woke,” Fox News reports.

However, Movieguide® notes that beyond the colorful animation of MY LITTLE PONY: A NEW GENERATION is a family-friendly movie that offers audiences strong biblical morals.

“Some leftist critics and reporters in the mainstream media have picked up on the movie’s message against prejudice and extended it to today’s debate against alleged “systemic prejudice” in America, especially among white people,” Movieguide® writes. “Also, Deputy Sprout’s warmongering is depicted as very militaristic. However, in the story, all three races of ponies have become prejudiced. Also, the opposition to Deputy Sprout’s militarism in the movie can be seen as an anti-totalitarian message exposing all kinds of military dictatorships, including socialist, communist ones like Castro’s Cuba and Communist China.”

The review of the movie continues: “A NEW GENERATION has lots of fun adventure and comedy, with a positive message at the story’s center. Although the good guys go out of their way to return magic to the world, they discover that prejudice and hate divided the ponies in Equestria, but that love and friendship can bring them all back together. Sunny and her new friends think that three crystals will return magic to Equestria and bring everyone together, but the crystals end up not working. Instead, they learn that love and friendship are the real magic. This is a Christian, moral message for a children’s movie to have. Compassion and love of neighbor are two of the core Christian teachings, so the movie’s positive messages will be a good influence on the movie’s target audience of young children.

“MY LITTLE PONY: A NEW GENERATION is a cute, positive animated story suitable for all ages, but it has some light cartoon violence and jeopardy.”

 

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Now more than ever we’re bombarded by darkness in media, movies, and TV. Movieguide® has fought back for almost 40 years, working within Hollywood to propel uplifting and positive content. We’re proud to say we’ve collaborated with some of the top industry players to influence and redeem entertainment for Jesus. Still, the most influential person in Hollywood is you. The viewer.

What you listen to, watch, and read has power. Movieguide® wants to give you the resources to empower the good and the beautiful. But we can’t do it alone. We need your support.

You can make a difference with as little as $7. It takes only a moment. If you can, consider supporting our ministry with a monthly gift. Thank you.

Movieguide® is a 501c3 and all donations are tax deductible.