dora the explorer

behold; the NEW dora the explorer. i had to do a current event in sports&entertainment for homework. & ill just put my summary up here about it;

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Dora the Explorer has been around since the year 2000. As the years go by, children grow up, and people on television follow. But it is very uncommon for children show characters or products to grow with them too. In this case, a television series for Nickelodeon, “Dora the Explorer” has followed the audience. Now Dora is going to walking around exploring with her new “girlfriends”, but not with Boots, the Map, Swiper and other characters that are from the original show. It was the toy maker, Mattel, idea to let Dora grow up to be around the age of 10. Dora the Explorer now has long brown hair, a pink dress that appears to look like a shirt, purple leggings, and orange flats. Dora does not wear makeup, but her lips look very glossy Many moms are not happy because they say that it seems like, “Dora is a streetwalker and a sexed- up version of a children’s icon.” . The mothers say that the doll also looks more like a “Britney Spears” or “Lindsay Lohan” then someone that would be in elementary school. The new show will also teach children how to speak Spanish. The original Dora the Explorer show will be still running, but the version will start to run in October as an extension. It’s just a risk that both companies are willing to take.

My opinion of this article is that the original Dora is a good example for younger children, but the parents still need to give the “new” Dora a chance on what she has to offer. Sometimes if they company makes the wrong choice in something, they will lose their consumers. Parents also have to remember that it’s them, which control what their children view on the television. In my opinion Dora just became older. It has been nine years since she was created, and as time change, other things also change with it. In this case, it’s Dora. I think it’s also a great idea to run both the original and the newer version.

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but her outfit is cute.

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