Editing Up with People (section)

== Criticism ==
By the 1990s, Up With People's themed, musical-style spectacles were frequently lambasted by critics and mocked by television writers for being dated and seeming phony, if not outright creepy.<ref name="espn-uwp">{{cite web |last=Williams |first=Doug |date=31 January 2013 |title=When Up With People dominated halftime |url=https://www.espn.com/blog/playbook/fandom/post/_/id/17649/when-up-with-people-dominated-halftime |access-date=1 February 2013 |work=ESPN.com}}</ref> One critic opined, "Up With People didn't lose its way because it lost the ability to control its cast members' behavior, or because the public suddenly came to recognize that its sickly sweet songs were insufferable. Up With People declined because it became irrelevant, especially after the Cold War ended[.]"<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2018-03-06 |title=The Hidden Story Of The Up With People Singers |url=https://city-countyobserver.com/the-hidden-story-of-the-up-with-people-singers/ |access-date=2024-03-18 |website=City-County Observer |language=en-US}}</ref> Its songs were criticized as naive and childlike, with titles like "You Can't Live Crooked And Think Straight" and "To Tell The Truth."