Barney the Dinosaur Got Death Threats, Voice Actor Claims
1990년대에, 공룡 바니는 텔레비전에서 어린이들에게 큰 인기를 끌었습니다.
이제, "I Love You Hate Me"라고 불리는 새로운 도큐 시리즈는 사랑받는 보라색 캐릭터를 둘러싼
불안한 어두운 면을 이용하고 있습니다.
바니의 원래 목소리인 밥 웨스트는 인사이드 에디션의 앤 머코글리아노에게 심지어 죽음의 위협도 있다고 말했습니다.
"바니에게 대항하는 지하드라는 단체가 있었습니다,"라고 그는 말했습니다.
그는 바니가 "포용, 이해, 동정심, 서로를 배려하는 것"을 상징했다고 느낍니다.
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♪ I love you ♪
♪ You love me ♪
{Narrator] How could anyone hate Barney?
(laughing) Hello!
Barney!
Back in the 1990s,the popular dinosaur was a huge TV hit.
♪ Barney is a dinosaur from our imagination. ♪
[Narrator} It even served as the launching pad for future stars Selena Gomez and Demi Lavato.
♪ I always hold hands with a grown up ♪
But a new docu-series is exploring a disturbing dark side surrounding the beloved children's character.
I Love You, You Hate Me, airing on Peacock.
Hello, there!
[Narrator] Bob West, the original voice of Barney, spoke with Inside Edition's Ann Mercogliano.
It wasn't Barney himself who had a dark side.
It was just society that had a dark side.
The, you know, the documentary talks about the folks who had a negative reaction to the show and to the character.
You were actually receiving death threats.
One of the threats just said, you know,
"I'm gonna find you and I'm gonna kill you."
Oh my God.
And there was a group called the Jihad Against Barney.
Barney was their evil villain.
Stuffed Barney toys were burned, hacked to pieces, even hung.
Can you see how it could be traumatizing?
Oh yeah. I can see how it could be traumatizing.
The new documentary also explores the personal drama for Barney creator Sheryl Leach.
In 2015, her 27 year old son, Patrick, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for shooting a man in the chest in a neighbor-versus-neighbor dispute.
What did Barney do to inspire all the hate?
It's so great to meet you (giggles)
West believes it was a backlash to Barney's childhood innocence.
What did Barney stand for?
Barney stood for, and still stands for, inclusion and understanding, and compassion, and caring for each other.
♪ I love you ♪
♪ You love me ♪
I Love You, You Hate Me begins streaming Wednesday on Peacock.
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