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> (No, "Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood" is not the same; it's insipid and dumb by comparison.) You might need to go rewatch some MRN. Fred Rogers is basically a s
by Domenic_S 11y ago
> (No, "Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood" is not the same; it's insipid and dumb by comparison.)
You might need to go rewatch some MRN. Fred Rogers is basically a saint, but MRN had plenty of insipidness of its own.
- bitwize 11y agoFred Rogers did something that the producers of DTN haven't; he drew strict boundary lines between realism and make-believe, opening each Neighborhood of Make Believe segment with "Let's pretend..." This emphasis on exposing fiction as not real tightened as the show went on: Picture-Picture would eventually lose its "magical" properties, and in one episode Fred actually walked off set and introduced the kids to the cameramen, boom operators, and so forth.
- Domenic_S 11y agoDTN kind of Inceptions this concept -- Daniel often has "lets pretend" events, where he says "let's make believe" and wags his ears while sparkles shine.