Morgan Neville’s doc celebrates Fred Rogers, a role model for a generation of American children
For Gen-x Americans, particularly ones at the older end of the generation’s spectrum, children’s TV star Fred Rogers was more than just a genial middle-aged man in a cardigan with a train set. Even the overused word icon doesn’t come close to capturing his centrality to their childhoods.
As the host of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, one of the PBS network’s keystone programmes for kids (alongside Sesame Street) from the late 60s onwards, he was, for many, the first star they would have been aware of, a friend who spoke straight to them in a gentle, oddly stilted, faintly southern drawl. As they grew older, Mr Rogers might come to be someone they mocked or imagined had a dark secret not fit for younger viewers. This documentary by Morgan Neville reveals...
For Gen-x Americans, particularly ones at the older end of the generation’s spectrum, children’s TV star Fred Rogers was more than just a genial middle-aged man in a cardigan with a train set. Even the overused word icon doesn’t come close to capturing his centrality to their childhoods.
As the host of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, one of the PBS network’s keystone programmes for kids (alongside Sesame Street) from the late 60s onwards, he was, for many, the first star they would have been aware of, a friend who spoke straight to them in a gentle, oddly stilted, faintly southern drawl. As they grew older, Mr Rogers might come to be someone they mocked or imagined had a dark secret not fit for younger viewers. This documentary by Morgan Neville reveals...
- 11/8/2018
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Guardian - Film News
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