The children's television star said that he received "explicit and violent" threats
Barney's voice says he was targeted by college students in particular.
It may seem an improbable subject for a dramatic documentary in two parts, but there were more behind the scenes ofBarney and friends that you could account for it. The new documentary by PaonI love you, you hate me ...A play on Barney's most famous song - focuses on theChildren's television character In the 1990s, the purple dinosaur which preached positivity and friendship.
But, while Barney had a lot of fans of small children, there were also a lot of hate barney there. The proof of this went from mean but harmless jokes about the character to real threats for those who worked on the series. Read the rest to find out more, including what Barney's voice said he had managed at the time.
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While the show became popular, "Barney Bashing" took off.
After being created bySheryl Leach, who was inspired to make a show for his son,Barney and friends was created on PBS in 1992. The show became a success, but some older parents and children found it boring or at least mature for ridicule. So the idea of "Barney Bashing" has become, asI love you, you hate me Documents.
In some cases, Barney Bashing meant that Barney dolls were destroyed. There was also the newsletter "I Hate Barney Secret Society" for parents.OnSaturday Night Live, there was a sketch in which the hostCharles Barkley I played an aggressive basketball game in head against Barney. But, part of the reactions against Barney appeared much more seriously.
Barney's voice has received death threats.
InI love you, you hate me,,Bob West, Barney's original voice, says he received emails with death threats from people who hated the show.
"I started to receive emails, college students in particular," he said in the documentary (Via E! New). "And some of them were very nice and some of them were absolutely hateful. They were very explicit and very violent. There was an email that asked:" Are you the barney that I stabbed And shot dead outside New Orleans? "Then they continued saying they were going to come and find me and they were going to kill me."
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The musical director also received hatred.
Bob Singleton, who was the musical director forBarney and friends, also obtained his share of personal threats. He says in the documentary that when he did a radio interview after being nominated for a Grammy for his work onBarney, people have called to express their disapproval.
"There were people who said:" His music drives me crazy. I would just love to pass my fingers around the neck of this guy "", he explained. "I was surprised that they had the impression of wanting to hurt me physical. And it was not only one or two telephone calls."
Like West, Singleton also received threatening emails. "I got the real death and dismemberment of my family's emails," he recalls. "I really don't want to see him again, it was a terrible period. It hurt so much."
West responded to his hate mail.
In an interview with E! New,West opened further On the threats he received and Barney denigrates as a whole. He explained that he understood where it came from.
"I got children's death threats to college, but I know what it was: children who grew up and tried to discolor childhood. Generally, there was much more love than it did There was hatred, "he said. "I wrote and most of them were like:" I am really sorry, I did not know that there was a real human being on the other side. "Some children obviously had trouble or had something that was going on in their lives. I did my best to get the property of their teachers or their computer laboratory and see if we could get them from the assistance. "
He also communicated with "Barney Bashers".
At the time, there was an online group called "The Jihad to Detrère Barney", which created Fan Fiction in which Barney was a villain. West said he had contacted the group and had respect for its members.
"It was just this wonderfully developed and really complex small company they had," he said. "They all had roles and they had ranks and it was this war against Barney. It was a big joke ... I actually entered the group several times to say hello and they were so nice to me. It was just for fun. "
West said to E! The news he understands why people have cynical reactions to things - including a character of children like Barney - but it was warned that it was important not to let this cynicism relax out of control. "There is a real need for understanding and not to amplify being skeptical about something to the point where it becomes hatred or violent," said West.
