You read the reaction here, now comes the overreaction:
After a barrage of complaints, a video of Katy Perry playing tag with Elmo has been pulled from Sesame Street. Parents took exception to the revealing cut of her outfit, which, considering what she usually wears in videos, probably felt to Perry like wearing a chador.
In a statement, Sesame Street defended the principle of programming that draws in adults while appealing to kids: “We use parodies and celebrity segments to interest adults in the show because we know that a child learns best when co-viewing with a parent or caregiver.”
On the bright side, children and their parents—or just their parents—can watch the video on YouTube, though it appears to have vanished from Sesame Street’s YouTube channel itself. In any case, I assume this pretty much kills the chance of Lady Gaga showing up in a dress made entirely of cookies.