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Is SpongeBob SquarePants a Rorschach test?

April 26, 2017rorschach spongebob squarepants Test

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Is SpongeBob SquarePants a Rorschach test?

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“Anything that’s ubiquitous in pop culture is kind of a Rorschach test. Any characters that are well delineated, you can ascribe different things to them. If SpongeBob at its care is a show about letting your freak flag fly and saying its okay to be kind of weirdo – and SpongeBob is definitely a weirdo – that’s really one of the oldest ideas in the world. How you react to the show, I guess, depends on how you feel about that message of breaking out your inner oddball and the spirit of inclusion.