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Old dads learn new tricks from Australian children’s cartoon Bluey

Online fans admire equal parenting and innovative play practised by canine protagonist’s father, Bandit

A bright blue anthropomorphic dog may not have been the hero that dads had asked for – but he was the one they clearly needed.

After years of being depicted as affable morons in children’s media – from Peppa Pig’s daddy to the accident-prone father in the interminable Biff, Chip and Kipper books – a new community of dads has formed around the children’s animated show Bluey, and more particularly Bluey’s father, Bandit.

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from Culture | The Guardian https://ift.tt/3Jn8zzT

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