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|description_of_content="Postcards from Buster" is a spin-off show from PBS's popular "Arthur" series. Every episode, the animated character Buster visits different areas of the | |description_of_content="Postcards from Buster" is a spin-off show from PBS's popular "Arthur" series. Every episode, the animated character Buster visits different areas of the world and non-animated, non-actor families that lived there. The show was intended to showcase different cultures and areas of the world. | ||
In the episode in question, Buster goes to a small town in Vermont to learn how maple syrup and cheese are made, where he meets a family headed by two women. Sexual orientation is never mentioned, nor is the relationship between the two women ever defined. | In the episode in question, titled "Sugartime!", Buster goes to a small town in Vermont to learn how maple syrup and cheese are made, where he meets a family headed by two women. Sexual orientation is never mentioned, nor is the relationship between the two women ever defined. | ||
|description_of_incident=On her second day of office, Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings sent a letter to PBS requesting that the episode not be aired, and that the public money used to film it be refunded. | |description_of_incident=On her second day of office, Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings sent a letter to PBS requesting that the episode not be aired, and that the public money used to film it be refunded. | ||
|description_of_result=PBS agreed, and pulled the episode before it aired. | |description_of_result=PBS agreed, and pulled the episode before it aired. | ||
Latest revision as of 17:03, 17 August 2012
Artist: PBS
Year: 2005
Date of Action: January 2005
Region: North America
Location: Washington D.C.
Subject: Sexual/Gender Orientation
Medium: Television
Confronting Bodies: Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings
Description of Artwork: "Postcards from Buster" is a spin-off show from PBS's popular "Arthur" series. Every episode, the animated character Buster visits different areas of the world and non-animated, non-actor families that lived there. The show was intended to showcase different cultures and areas of the world.
In the episode in question, titled "Sugartime!", Buster goes to a small town in Vermont to learn how maple syrup and cheese are made, where he meets a family headed by two women. Sexual orientation is never mentioned, nor is the relationship between the two women ever defined.
The Incident: On her second day of office, Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings sent a letter to PBS requesting that the episode not be aired, and that the public money used to film it be refunded.
Results of Incident: PBS agreed, and pulled the episode before it aired.
Source:
• http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40188-2005Jan26.html
