Information for Parents

A Prairie Home Companion

A Prairie Home Companion

Common Sense Media Age 13

Parents Need To Know

Positive Messages
Sisters and former loves argue, some characters resist corporate takeover of community radio station.
Positive Role Models & Representations
Violence
Song about a dog dying; poem about suicide (written by teenager); man dies in his underwear while waiting for a sexual tryst; "Angel of Death" discusses death, touches man before he dies; "Angel" describes her own death in a car accident.
Sex
Bawdy jokes/songs about sexual activity ("Come ride my pony all night"); reference to "naked man" arrangement for a possible romantic encounter.
Language
One use each of s-word and "ass," two "damns," several uses of "hell," metaphorical allusions to sex.
Consumerism
Radio announcers promote fictional products.
Education Value
Ease of Play
Privacy
Cigarette rolling and smoking; liquor drinking, jokes about drinking, drunkenness, and Viagra.
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