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Sesame Street in Pakistan
Its a good thing were flush with money, highly influential and well respected around the world. Otherwise, this plan might not seem like such a spectacularly fabulous idea.The United States is funding a Pakistani remake of the popular TV childrens show Sesame Street. In a new effort to win hearts and minds in Pakistan, USAID the development arm of the US government is donating $20m (£12m) to the country to create a local Urdu version of the show The remake will star a puppet called Rani, the six-year-old daughter of a peasant farmer, with pigtails and a school uniform, according to Britains Guardian newspaper. No word on whether or not the female child puppet will be wearing traditional garb, or how much of it, but we do know that they wont be including Count Von Count in the cast. Im guessing thats because hes a vampire? Further, the shows creators have stated that theyre going to be avoiding questions of religion, so I dont know how much westernization might be taking hold from this. Posted by: tipper 2011-04-10 |
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