Sometimes I'm really glad I don't have any kids, because there are so many things I could not explain to them. The latest of these things is the new and "improved" Dora the Explorer, who has lost a few pounds, grown a few inches and accessorized!
Mattel and Nickelodeon have revealed the new and "improved" Dora and here she is and once again, corporate America has demonstrated to us (and little girls everywhere) that it doesn't matter how smart you are or if you're adventurous, because, as a female, you have to be nice to look at too. Not that the old Dora, who was shorter, chubbier and carried a backpack, wasn't cute. She was adorable. But I don't understand why she needed to change.
I thought the purpose of Dora was to encourage learning, not to look like she just stepped out of the Limited Too, after Daddy and Mommy took her on a shopping spree.
But I guess I was wrong.
I'm mostly surprised to see how quickly Dora went from being an 8 year-old (or however old she was suppose to be..it was young) to an 12 year-old tween. Yikes!
ReplyDeleteDo you remember when Joe and Stefan debated the plot holes in a Dora the Explorer episode? Heeeelarious.
ReplyDeleteYes, I remember that conversation! They also had a debate about Spongebob. How I miss that newsroom sometimes.
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