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...taboo for children’s ears, subjects that adults discuss in whispers and hushed tones around children. “Did you ever know any grown-ups who got married and then later they got a divorce?” he once asked. And, after a suspenseful pause, Mister Rogers added: “Well it is something that people can talk about, and it is something important.” We all know that Mister Rogers had a gift for making children feel special, but his real talent came in the form of showing that there are lions...
When three decades of “Mister Roger’s Neighborhood” ended last week with the death of Fred McFeely Rogers, there was almost a palpable sense of national trauma. And yet at the same time, many of us were left wondering how this old-fashioned program, so manifestly out of touch with contemporary realities with its perky “Would you be mine, could you be mine, won’t you be my neighbor?” melody, could have produced such a powerful sense of loss...
...many parents, “Mister Roger’s Neighborhood” provided a rare moment of relief, a half hour when they could count on the creatures that Lewis Carroll called fabulous monsters to sit before a television screen, completely absorbed by the gentle magic of the least charismatic wizard in the history of children’s entertainment. There is nothing at all mystifying about the appeal of Fred Rogers for adults. But for those of us who never experienced the show as a child, there is something bewildering about the hold of a man who, like...
...coincidence that “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” begins with a threshold experience—Fred Rogers opens the door, crosses over into another domain, and transforms himself through costume change. In the classics of children’s literature, the transition from reality to fantasy is often clearly marked by a gate, a door or a window. You reach Neverland by exiting through the window. In the film version of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Dorothy has to open a door in order to reach Oz. Mary Lennox turns a key, pushes a gate...
...children (and former children as well) what they liked about “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” and you will learn about the power of that moment—when Mister Rogers takes off his jacket and tie, puts on the cardigan and laces up his sneakers. That scene, repeated in each episode, created a reassuring sense of predictability, intimacy, trust and familiarity in the double sense of the term. It didn’t matter what else happened. Mister Rogers had created in that moment a bond, a connection that made it possible to sit through...