Do people overreact to Sesame Street controversies?

Some believe Sesame Street is starting to trade the alphabets for adult content in their shows.

Recently, PBS pulled Katy Perry's duet with Elmo off the air because they thought it was too heavy on the cleavage. Apparently, Perry's "Hot and Cold" was just too hot for the young audiences.

I personally think PBS and parents watching the show made a big deal out of the whole thing. Yes, Katy did show some cleavage, but it was really not enough to be as offensive as people made it out to be. Children do watch cartoons that show some cleavage. I remember I used to watch Betty Boop and other cartoons when I was young and those cartoons did show hints of cleavage. There was a Hannah Barbara cartoon that I used to watch that showed more than a little cleavage. Miss Vavoom was a singer who would appear on Droopy D every now and then. Here is a picture of her:

I thought Katy's song with Elmo was actually rather cute. Katy wanted Elmo to play dress up, but Elmo was more interested in playing tag. Most protective mothers and fathers probably never even got to the tag part at the end, because they thought Katy Perry’s cleavage was the single most offensive thing their children would ever see.

This is an ethical dilemma though, because the producers of Sesame Street have a right to show something that might be considered cute by many. However, it is also right to not show cleavage on a children's show.

However, in my opinion people tend to make a big deal out of little things they see on Sesame Street. I remember people complained about the Cookie Monster promoting binge eating among children. Sesame Street then started showing the Cookie Monster eating veggies and tasting a cookie or two only sometimes. His name should have been changed to the "Veggie Monster."

There was also the controversy surrounding the characters of Bert and Ernie. Because Sesame Street showed the two friends sharing a room, a rumor started that Bert and Ernie were actually homosexuals. People really have a way of perverting things and making a big deal out of nothing. They were two friends who were close in spite of their differences and that's all there was to it.

In my opinion, I think people react so adversely to anything that has a hint of indecency on Sesame Street because it is something very close to them. It is something they grew up on so they take it very personally. However, I never resorted to binge eating after watching the Cookie Monster devour cookies and when I watched Sesame Street I was too young to know what homosexual even meant. I had sleep overs at my friends' houses and I thought that's exactly what Bert and Ernie were doing. I think it is right to want to protect your children from indecency on television, but I personally feel like the reactions to the Sesame Street controversies are too over the top.