The writing is experimental and playful it’s not like anything I’ve seen before in a kid’s show. Rather, it’s the play and creativity that goes into making the show. It’s not the play that takes place in the show that intrigues and endears me most (it’s a bit much at times-I don’t have the energy to play with my child for hours). As the grief of war washed over me I felt myself floundering emotionally, and I intuitively reached for the remote and turned on Bluey. Somewhere between the recession of Omicron and the invasion of Ukraine I found myself desperate for something to give me a little uplift from the undertow of terrible happenings on Planet Earth. And many argue that the show’s secret is that it’s about play and childhood wonder, as many of the episodes center around imaginative games that the kids pull their parents into.īut I think the reason that I’ve gone from watching with my toddler while we cuddle before dinner, to grabbing the remote and watching myself-just a grown woman and some animated blue dogs-has to do with our particular cultural moment. It has a 5-star rating on IMDB and dozens of nerdy Reddit threads dedicated to dissecting and debating what makes it so great.Įveryone seems to agree that the show’s success is due to the fact that it’s funny to parents as well as kids, the same quality that has made Pixar films wildly popular. New York Magazine ’s television critic deemed it “The Best Kids Show of Our Time.” It has its own write-up in the hallowed pages of the New Yorker. I am not the first grown-up to try to put their finger on exactly what makes Bluey good. No, I have never been to Australia and couldn’t locate Brisbane on a map.) (Yes, I have recently been daydreaming about moving to Brisbane, based solely on watching Bluey. Maybe it’s because the show is so charmingly site-specific to Brisbane that the fruit bats, ibises, and jacaranda trees make it feel like it takes place in a dream space that is like the same planet that I live on, but also otherworldly-and these days I find myself wanting to escape to somewhere that’s just…not here. Meanwhile, she holds down a job that allows for ample time with family and still pays for a Range Rover and the aforementioned dream house on a single income. Maybe it’s that Chili, the mom (mum!), has my exact ideal family situation: she has two girls close in age, and a partner who does most of the childcare and housework and spends hours gamely engaged in imaginative play with the children. (Btw, I learned that this is an iconic kind of architecture in Australia known as “ Queenslander. In other words, it’s the kind of family home that is completely unattainable in the U.S.
It’s situated on a quaint hill surrounded by mature trees, and somehow has both city and nature views. It has charming turn-of-the-century details but with an open floor plan, a generous playroom, at least two verandas, an enclosed sun deck, and a spacious yard. Like a lot of people since the show reached American audiences during the pandemic and became a hit here, I’ve been trying to pin down: What is it about this show?įor me, maybe it’s Bingo and Bluey’s perfect mirthful little-kid giggles and peals of high-pitched laughter. If you’re not familiar, Bluey is an Australian cartoon on Disney+ about a family of dogs (Blue Heelers): a mom named Chili dad named Bandit and their two daughters, Bingo and Bluey, roughly ages 4 and 6. Art direction by Costa Daniel Kassab for Bluey episode “Sleepytime” on Disney+Ĭonfession: I have started watching Bluey, the children’s show, without my toddler.
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