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The choice to set Sesame Street in an urban (and minority) community was very much intentional.
by dhosek 6y ago
The choice to set Sesame Street in an urban (and minority) community was very much intentional.
- indymike 6y agoAnd was usually on just before or after Mr. Roger's Neighborhood which was set in a small town or suburban neighborhood.
- djsumdog 6y agoI never caught that juxtaposition. I wonder if it was intentional or coincidental. Mr. Rogers also transitions between small town America and a (walkable) fantasy kingdom with a street car connecting the two. Again ... probably doesn't mean anything.
- dhosek 6y agoThe trolley was based on the trolleys of Pittsburgh. The non-make-believe neighborhood was inspired by Rogers's childhood home of Latrobe.