There hasn't been a good, surreal story concerning Islam in a while, so when this came up I knew we were in for a treat. I wonder what Jim Hensen would have said over this decision? Sesame Street in Pakistan using tax dollars, ostensibly to educate Pakistani children and thus eliminating jihad radicalization among the young.
You mean our road-building, hospital-raising, infrastructure-propping efforts have been for naught?
I am shocked.
From BBC April 8
US to fund $20m remake of Sesame Street for Pakistan
In a new effort to win hearts and minds in Pakistan, USAID - the development arm of the US government - is donating $20m (£12m) to the country to create a local Urdu version of the show.
The project aims to boost education in Pakistan, where many children have no access to regular schooling.
So where do they go to watch the Swedish Chef and Prof. Bunsen Honeydew if they have no access to a school? The local tea parlor?
The show is to be filmed in Lahore and aired later in the year.
"The programme is part of a series of ventures that is aimed at developing the educational infrastructure in the country," Virginia Morgan, a spokesperson for USAID, told the BBC.
"Education is one of the vital sectors that need help in Pakistan."
The show will be set in a village in Pakistan - rather than the streets of New York - with roadside tea shop and residents sitting on their verandas.
The remake will star a puppet called Rani, the six-year-old daughter of a peasant farmer, with pigtails and a school uniform...
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You mean our road-building, hospital-raising, infrastructure-propping efforts have been for naught?
I am shocked.
From BBC April 8
US to fund $20m remake of Sesame Street for Pakistan
The United States is funding a Pakistani remake of the popular TV children's show Sesame Street.
In a new effort to win hearts and minds in Pakistan, USAID - the development arm of the US government - is donating $20m (£12m) to the country to create a local Urdu version of the show.
The project aims to boost education in Pakistan, where many children have no access to regular schooling.
So where do they go to watch the Swedish Chef and Prof. Bunsen Honeydew if they have no access to a school? The local tea parlor?
The show is to be filmed in Lahore and aired later in the year.
"The programme is part of a series of ventures that is aimed at developing the educational infrastructure in the country," Virginia Morgan, a spokesperson for USAID, told the BBC.
"Education is one of the vital sectors that need help in Pakistan."
The show will be set in a village in Pakistan - rather than the streets of New York - with roadside tea shop and residents sitting on their verandas.
The remake will star a puppet called Rani, the six-year-old daughter of a peasant farmer, with pigtails and a school uniform...
Read it all
1 comment:
Look for Rani and "friends" (Big Bird?) to have enlightening conversations about the necessity of murdering Jews for Allah! However I have a feeling that Miss Piggy may not be making any appearances.
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