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Maggie and the Ferocious Beast
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Maggie and the Ferocious Beast
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Noggin |
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Educational |
| SHOW DESCRIPTION: |
In Maggie and the Ferocious Beast, five-year-old Maggie creates her own map of her imaginary world Nowhere Land. She imagines that her stuffed toys Beast and Hamilton Hocks come to life. The show also features her other friends who are mice, cows and rabbits.
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Representation |
Does the show use a balanced ratio of male and female characters? |
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Appearance |
How characters are portrayed in terms of their appearance. Does the show use color to identify gender and are broad ranges of features used to illustrate characters? |
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Communication/Interaction |
How characters are portrayed in terms of their communication styles and interactions with other characters. Do they display characteristics such as assertiveness, confidence, sensitivity, kindness, adventurousness, etc.? |
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Leadership & Independence |
How characters are portrayed as leaders or followers. Do they act independently, initiate conversations and actions, show respect for others, etc.? |
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Activities |
How characters are portrayed in terms of their activities and physicality. Are characters portrayed doing only stereotypical activities (girls cheerleading and boys playing sports, for example) or are there a broad range of activities for each? |
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Skills & Intelligence |
How characters are portrayed in terms of their intelligence and abilities. Do they show aptitude with science, technology or math as well as art, dance or music? |
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COMMENTS: We love that Maggie is a lead female character who the other characters clearly look up to. The Ferocious Beast is anything but ferocious in that he actually is very sensitive and mostly goofy. Hamilton is the rare bossy character on the preschool show but, mostly, is quite delightful. He breaks the mold of stereotypes of male characters in that he is a clean-freak and the most domestic character we have seen in this category of shows. The supporting characters tend to be more aligned with their stereotypical characteristics based on their gender.
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