Is this focus groups feedback, political correctness or guerilla marketing?
The Disney Corporation are to make Winnie the Pooh's Christopher Robin a girl?
Huh?
Now I know its fashionable to be a girl with an ambiguous moniker (Jo, Chris, George, Mel, Jules and so forth).
According to various sources, including the BBC, Christoper Robin, a key part of the A.A. Milne Pooh bear storyline, is about to be written out and replaced by a girl. OK, nothing wrong with adding a girl to the story, but why zap Christopher Robin?
Milne's English granddaughter, Clare, is trying to reclaim the rights from Slesinger, but Milne's widow Lesley doesn't think he would have minded this change.
Disney says that the series will target preschool children quoting, “The young character will elicit physical, cognitive and emotional responses from the viewing audience and will also address them directly". You can also let Disney know your views via their own comment facility.
And the milk picture above along with a further adventure of Christopher Robin lost in the Hundred Acre Woods comes from Whatever.
Tag: Christopher Robin, Winnie the Pooh, Disney
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