Netflix pulls episode of children s cartoon with penis drawing
Los Angeles Sep 21 (IANS) American internet entertainment company Netflix has pulled an episode of a childrens show "Maya the Bee" after what appeared to be a penis was spotted etched on a tree trunk in the background of a scene.
Screen shots of the tree with the phallic image made the rounds on social media earlier this week reports variety.com.
Chey Robinson a concerned mother shared a clip from the show writing on Facebook: "Please be mindful of what your kids are watching. I did not edit any images whatsoever this is ‘Maya the Bee Season 1 Episode 35.
"I know I m not going crazy and I know that something like this shouldn t be in a kids show whatsoever. I m extremely disgusted by it there should be no reason my kids have to see something like this. I don t know if they re going to do something about this or what but there s no reasons why this should be in this show."
Netflix is yet to make a statement about the image s presence or the removal of the episode. It is also unclear whether Netflix will re-edit the scene and put it back up.
"Maya the Bee" based on a German children s book series first published in 1912 debuted in 2012. It was created by Studio 100 Animation and Netflix is only a distributor.
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