‘I Love You, You Hate me’ a new documentary showing the dark side of the dinosaur Barney – Diffusion (Peacock tv)
A recent documentary about to be released boasts show the dark side of one of the most important children’s programs of the 90s, The show Barney and friends. The proposal is called “I love you, you hate me” and focuses on dark stories around the classic children’s show.
The documentary produced by the Peacock streaming network “I love you, you hate me”it is divided into two parts, there are the testimonies of some journalists, the actors who have put their voice in the program and, above all, the people who have worn the suit of the cute dinosaur, David Joyner and Bob West.
Barney’s show was steeped in threats and all kinds of violence
The documentary “I love you, you hate me” shows the dark side of the Barney children’s show. One of those in charge of dressing up and bringing the character to life, Bob West, comments that he has received several death threatsboth he and his family. “They were violent and outspoken. They asked for my family to be dismembered, for example. They told me they were going to look for me to kill me, “West recalled.
This all started after a story became popular that was never confirmed and there is no evidence for it. This story told that those who wore the Barney dinosaur costume wore drugs in the tail of their clothes, which simulates a plush dinosaur.
In the press release issued by Peacock to announce this production, reference is made to the fact that it seeks to exhibit “the beginning of the movements of hate” that are present in social networks today. On the other hand, he tries to trace the creation of the purple character and the moment he “hit the people closest to him”.
Another of the terrible events that this work portrays is what happened to the son of Sheryl Leach, the creator of the television program. Patrick Kearns Leach was charged with attempted murder and assault with a firearm after shooting a neighbor in an argument in 2013. The young man ended up in prison, serving a 15-year sentence.
The documentary’s director, Joel Chiodil, told Page Six that his interest is to show “how a childlike character who defended inclusion, understanding and kindness gave rise to a movement of anger that threatened the program, its creators and its future”, The director commented to the media. The documentary is under the production of Scout Productions.
Source: Nacion Flix
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