Sesame Street Goes Global With Local Variations
New York Times reports Sesame Street as broadcast in 50 lands with local adaptations such as Plaza Sesamo in Mexico City and Vila Sesamo in Brazilian Portuguese. The piece notes differing teaching aims and cultural adjustments in Germany and France, plus concerns about television’s impact on children and authority.
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Iver Peterson
New York
NYT
Quito
Big Bird
Bibo
Hamburg
Garibaldo
Sao Paulo
Latin America
Oscar the Grouch
Paco
Mexico City
Gugu
Rio de Janeiro
Antigua
Zambia
Pago Pago
Poland
Vila Sesamo
Sesamstrasse
West
Germany
United States
Children’s Television Workshop
der Spiegel
Japan
France
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Court Upheld Hair Rebuff in Tennessee
A federal appeals court ruled that the rock musical Hair is obscene in Tennessee, upholding a Chattanooga decision denying the use of the municipal auditorium for the production. The Sixth Circuit majority said no constitutional right to exhibit obscene sexual acts in public buildings.
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Cincinnati
UPI
Tennessee
U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Chattanooga
Tenn
Paul C. Weick
Chat
Tanooga
Wade McCree
Southeastern Promotion, Ltd
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