So not really “edutainment” in the sense of trying to trick children into learning by wrapping it in something that looks like entertainment, and more something where you can imagine the creators pointing at their work and saying “Look! This part of the world exists too! Isn’t that neat?” with stars in their eyes, if that makes sense.

WTH, so that’s why I’m put off by kids-oriented media even while I was a kid. I couldn’t verbalize it then, but I felt they’re either fake (in the “plastic” sense) or condescending