🐱 Sesame Street Adds Autistic Muppet

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http://www.cbsnews.com/news/julia-first-sesame-street-muppet-with-autism/

“Her eyes had to be a certain way because she has to have an intense look, but she has to look friendly,” Krewson tells Stahl. “Her hair had to be made so that her bangs weren’t in her eyes and that her hair didn’t fall into her mouth. And she couldn’t have any adornments in her hair—no barrettes, no ribbons.”

Her clothes are equally intentional. Her purple dress is loose, without distracting bows, buttons, or ribbons. Even her eyes can change, depending on the scene; Krewson includes a half-closed version and a totally closed version so that if Julia gets upset and overwhelmed, she can close her eyes.

Occasionally two people are needed to operate one Muppet – one for the head and body, and one for the arms. When Julia flaps her arms, for example, a second puppeteer controls them.

But even though they’re not on camera, the puppeteers are still performing.

Like lots of kids on the autism spectrum, Julia has heightened sensitivity to noise, so when she hears sirens, they overwhelm her, triggering a meltdown.


 
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Ninja'd. I was literally just going to post this.

The question I want answered is whether she'll have her own Sonic OC she draws and whether the other muppets will start a wiki and lolcow forum based on her antics.
 
NumberingYourState said:
Next: tranny puppet
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I wish this was a joke, but it will happen. I know it will.

Anyway, about the sperg puppet. So how is this thing going to behave? I checked some articles and so far, the only thing I've read is that she is going to ignore Big Bird when he tries to talk to her.

Which, sure, fine, that is a trait of autistic people, to not acknowledge someone that makes them uncomfortable, but what else? Is she going to just make strange whiny noises out of nowhere?
 
The Nothingness said:
But will she survive now that Trump has cut funding to Sesame Street? :roll:
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Sesame Street is the one PBS show most likely to survive Trump's budget cuts because apparently it has become a joint HBO-PBS venture in recent years, with HBO doing most of the actual funding. I assume if PBS goes under, HBO will air Sesame Street exclusively.

As for the idea of an autistic muppet, I'm not particularly opposed to the idea as autism in children of both genders has been steadily increasing over the past ten years and I'm all for raising awareness, but I am curious as to how they're going to portray this character accurately without offending the SJW crowd.

Though I do find it funny that her name is Julia, given the tired old JULAY meme.
 
melty said:
I thought they already did this like 2-3 years ago?
Did that muppet die in a keurig-inspired fire, or am I just imagining things?
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She was introduced in 2015 as a character in a children's book. Now she's coming to TV. Best part is that she needs another puppeteer to handle the REEEEEing.
 
Ineedahero said:
The article mentions flapping, otherwise known as stimming. And sirens trigger a meltdown lol.
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so, this?
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Kermit was an autist, all along...

I'd love to see what a sesame street muppet "meltdown" entails. Is it just a lot of REEEEEing and her calling Oscar a pickle-suited nigger?
 
timecop said:
if they didn't straight up tell you the new puppet was autistic, would anyone really care enough to notice?
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Well, someone would probably piece it together. Then it would get an article on Salon and Jezebel and every other shit show blog that calls itself a news site. But kids would just be like "she's weird". Hell, a lot of them probably will anyway, because they won't understand what autism is. Except for the autist kids. they will connect with her, which is kinda the point. And I suppose that's a good thing, that they don't feel completely alone in the world. Even if they're identifying with a fucking puppet.
 
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