Dark side of children’s show ‘Barney & Friends’ documentary coming

The dark, negative side of America’s popular children’s show “Barney & Friends” (“Barney and Friends”) is shown in the documentary series “I Love You, You Hate Me”.

The Peackock streaming service’s series features voices from the show, including actors Bob West and David Joyner, who lent their voices to the lead character, Barney, the green and purple anthropomorphic dinosaur.

Although the show’s creator Cheryl Leach originally wanted Barney to be a symbol of “inclusion” and “acceptance”, his massive success was met with hate and backlash, so much so that Bob West received “violent and clear” threats death aimed at him and his family members. There were also rumors that Barney was hiding drugs in his tail.

As Leach’s beloved character became more and more popular, people couldn’t accept that it was just a show. And so the attacks began, as Joyner recounted in the trailer for the docu-series.

The hit children’s series “Barney and Friends” promoted their love for each other despite their differences, but the docu-series “I Love You, You Hate Me,” premiering Oct. 12, chronicles the reactions to his message Barney.

‘I Love You, You Hate Me’ reveals how a childhood character who championed inclusion, understanding and kindness sparked a movement of anger and criticism that threatened the show, its creators and their future, its executive producer said documentary, Joel Kiodi.

“As it points to the origins of modern hate culture, this documentary traces the creation of the character and how he affected those closest to him, examining the astonishing and lasting impact the ‘Big Purple Dinosaur’ left on American society “, he added.

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