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[-] [email protected] 67 points 10 months ago

Jokes aside, I'm about 95% sure Elmo is supposed to be black-coded

[-] [email protected] 67 points 10 months ago

You're not wrong, Sesame Street was developed to look like Harlem. It's been very much about black representation in every aspect they could consider since the very early days.

[-] [email protected] 30 points 10 months ago

Huh, even as a young child in Australia I kind of was aware sesame street was from a rougher area, although safe. Wonder how I clocked that even though it was never explicit

[-] [email protected] 34 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The result of a very creative dude who had a vision of exactly how he wanted convey his message so everyone felt included.

We still miss you Jim.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago

Sesame Street and Avenue Q were closer than we thought.

[-] [email protected] 35 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Elmos voice actor til 2012

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Clash

Since 2012 https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ryan+dillon+elmo&t=fpas&iax=images&ia=images&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fh-o-m-e.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2023%2F03%2Fryan_dillon_elmo_1680165485.jpg

[-] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Wow, even Sesame Street is whitewashing their characters now? :P

[-] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Not so much white washing as making sure people know that it isn't the pedophile operating the puppet anymore.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

How the hell is Elmo black-coded?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Have you ever heard Elmo talk

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