I knew that the creator of SpongeBob is a marine biologist, but had never seen an image of him. I imagined a man with a beard and white coat, so the first thing that surprised me when he saw his photo in a newspaper is how young he is, and then the self-confidence with which he speaks of his most famous creation.
The planetary success achieved with the cartoon has earned him various criticisms, from the “accusation” of homosexuality by SpongeBob and Patrick (he did not know her) to suggest that the drawings cause concentration problems or claim that they are too violent, as you We count on these pages.
Stephen Hillenburg does not boast the awards obtained by the series and regarding the controversy related to the supposed homosexual tendency of the two friends He points out that it does not bother him, since if you look at the characters with the eyes and attitude of a child, you can see that basically all of them are asexual and naive.
As you can see in many chapters, they do not mind walking hand in hand, hugging, or running half naked, they are like children and at those ages there is no shame, it is with age when fear and hypocrisy come. Besides, I say, so much that we advocate for rights, why would it seem better for us to be attracted to Arenita?
Regarding the study by researchers from Virginia (USA), remember that he affirmed that the continued vision of SpongeBob cartoons (in fact, of any fast-paced drawing) caused children, as an immediate effect, attention deficit and difficulties both to solve problems and to present a “moderate” behavior.
Hillenburg does not seem to believe this data and points out that it is better to turn off the television when homework is done, so as not to deconcentrate. Come on, basically what some of you pointed out in the comments to that study, and what I agree with.
How could it be otherwise, the creator of SpongeBob points out the supposed advantages of seeing the drawings:
In the series we talk about recycling, how you can save water and not pollute the sea, but it is not a pedagogical product: mine is not education but entertainment. I am sure that cartoons contribute much more to open the mind and to be imaginative, of the supposed dangers that they entail.
In short, everything depends on the prism with which you look, and it is normal for the creator of SpongeBob to defend himself from criticism of his character while highlighting its "virtues." You, what do you see in SpongeBob, angel or demon?
