Friday, March 14, 2008

Dora the crack mule?

With kids, we watch a lot of kids shows. There was a good group of shows with strong female characters for our daughter – Lilo and Stitch, Kim Possible, and Dora the Explorer.

In many ways though, Dora reminds me of a crack mule.
- She often has to deliver items and follows an odd map to get there.
- She carries an odd assortment of items with her in her backpack.
- She has no long term memory, and always has to check back to where she is going next. At the end of the show, they always talk about their favorite part of what happened, and Dora’s is invariably the part that just happened.
- Plus, while not on her back, her companion, Boots, is a monkey. Just saying is all.

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