
Why Everyone’s Talking About Elmo
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Sesame Street - Did It Make Me Cry?
Sesame street started in 19 69, and elma wasn't introduced until the eighties. Sesame street made a bunch of very conscious choices to try to attract an audience of city kids, especially black kids. We weren't so worried about reaching middle class children, but we really, really wanted to reach innercity kids badly. That every child i come to backisi o b do make efore effort to be sure that children from hortycaunte, tan, low income tomoe ach fote. So evelyn worked to try to reach every parent caretaker.
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