{"id":8317,"date":"2005-12-17T12:08:16","date_gmt":"2005-12-17T19:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2005\/12\/17\/chrissie-robin.html"},"modified":"2014-11-10T11:32:51","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T18:32:51","slug":"chrissie_robin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/12\/17\/chrissie_robin.html","title":{"rendered":"Chrissie Robin?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Disney is replacing Christopher Robin in an upcoming Pooh TV series with a “tomboyish girl.”<\/a><\/p>\n

“We got raised eyebrows, even in-house, but the feeling was that these timeless characters really needed a breath of fresh air that only the introduction of someone new could provide,” Nancy Kanter, of the Disney Channel, told USA Today.<\/p>\n

Disney says that the series will target preschool children. “The young character will elicit physical, cognitive and emotional responses from the viewing audience and will also address them directly,” said a spokesman.<\/p>\n

The series is an attempt to increase Disney’s share in the pre-school market, worth an estimated £11.9 billion, the company said this week. Industry observers consider the new character a clever move.<\/p>\n

There are no bad characters, only those not used properly. If Disney’s not been able to get Christopher Robin to “work” in their productions, thrashing about to find a new character doesn’t seem very productive.<\/p>\n

(One problem they may have had is either (a) not being consistent as to CR’s accent, or (b) not being consistent about CR’s presence at all.)<\/p>\n

For his part, Mr Tucker thought the new character a huge error. “All of the stories are based on Christopher Robin’s questing relationship with the characters,” he said. “They’re built around a boy who arrives and puts things right, like little boys do.”<\/p>\n

Perhaps — but, then, the connection between what the books are about and what the Disney productions are about has long been tenuous, and only moreso over the years.<\/p>\n

Ah, well. Probalby just as well we never got a Disneyfied Lord of the Rings<\/em>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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