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Will Dora the Explorer "Grow Up" this Fall?
Background: Dora the Explorer No More?
The original Dora the Explorer was an adventuresome girl who appealed to kids regardless of gender. She first aired on television in 1999 and is known for loving baseball and her untraditional pet monkey Boots. She's an outdoorsy girl who wears shorts and is always exploring.
This fall, though, Dora won't be the girl many kids have grown to love. She's growing up. And in the Mattel/Nickelodeon world, that means dumping her shorts for what Dora's marketers call "a whole new fashionable look." Though they aren't revealing Dora's new look officially until fall, Mattel and Nickelodeon gave a glimpse in silhouette. She's got longer hair and is wearing a short skirt and pointed shoes. Gone are the shorts, backpack and sneakers of little girl Dora. Instead, girls everywhere will be able to customize their very own Dora doll and "watch as she magically transforms right before their eyes." Changing Dora’s hair length, jewelry, and eye color on screen will change the Dora doll in their hands as well, the companies tout.
It's enough to push moms of girls to try to save their beloved Dora from becoming the next Barbie or Bratz:
There is a petition with about 500 signatures so far and the story has been picked up nationwide.
Will the petition and/or national outrage stop or delay Mattel's plans to unveil the "New" Dora by December 20th? (last day of Fall) " If Dora has not been unveiled by December 20th, this question should settle as "No"
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/parenting/2009/03/dora.html
The original Dora the Explorer was an adventuresome girl who appealed to kids regardless of gender. She first aired on television in 1999 and is known for loving baseball and her untraditional pet monkey Boots. She's an outdoorsy girl who wears shorts and is always exploring.
This fall, though, Dora won't be the girl many kids have grown to love. She's growing up. And in the Mattel/Nickelodeon world, that means dumping her shorts for what Dora's marketers call "a whole new fashionable look." Though they aren't revealing Dora's new look officially until fall, Mattel and Nickelodeon gave a glimpse in silhouette. She's got longer hair and is wearing a short skirt and pointed shoes. Gone are the shorts, backpack and sneakers of little girl Dora. Instead, girls everywhere will be able to customize their very own Dora doll and "watch as she magically transforms right before their eyes." Changing Dora’s hair length, jewelry, and eye color on screen will change the Dora doll in their hands as well, the companies tout.
It's enough to push moms of girls to try to save their beloved Dora from becoming the next Barbie or Bratz:
There is a petition with about 500 signatures so far and the story has been picked up nationwide.
Will the petition and/or national outrage stop or delay Mattel's plans to unveil the "New" Dora by December 20th? (last day of Fall) " If Dora has not been unveiled by December 20th, this question should settle as "No"
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/parenting/2009/03/dora.html
Settlement details:Official Unveiling as reported by a major mainstream news source.
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