Some of these attempts are so half-assed that they transformed into full-assed attempts and ended up background-dancing in a Ying Yang Twins music video.
It turns out a bunch of famously serious or edgy artists secretly make children's entertainment so wholesome that any cynic's heart would vomit puppies and rainbows.
It turns out you can learn all sorts of interesting shit about the true meaning of songs, books, and movies if instead of debating it you just listen to the damned people who created them.