However, it should be pointed out that Silvergate Media is a division of Sony, whose Sony Pictures Animation made "Hair Love."
On the Cartoon Brew blog, Amid Amidi makes the point that a lot of kiddie animation tends to be generic in character designs and shows that there is a similarity of the design of Black child characters in "Hair Love," "Maddie," "Butterbean's Cafe" (another Nick Jr. series) and HBO Max's "Esme and Roy." His article: https://www.cartoonbrew.com/tv/nick-pulls-made-by-maddie-premiere-after-hair-love-controversy-196221.html P.S. The creative staff and animation team in Vancouver are all white. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor [email protected] On Mon, Sep 7, 2020 at 11:15 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < [email protected]> wrote: > "*Made By Maddie* had been scheduled to premiere September 13 on Nick Jr. > > Comparisons to the characters in *Hair Love* were made on social media > after Nickelodeon released a teaser for the series earlier this week. In > both series, the fathers have shoulder-length hair, the mothers have > natural curls, and the little girls wear pink bows or headbands. > > ... > > Sony Pictures Animation’s *Hair Love* revolves around an African American > father learning how to do his daughter’s hair while his wife (voiced by > Issa Rae) is hospitalized with cancer. > > *Made By Maddie* producer Silvergate Media has denied any connection to* Hair > Love*." > > Matthew Cherry (involved in that "black-ish" election special (q.v.) > <https://groups.google.com/g/tvornottv/c/z3Pl__BYaVA/m/Q0ZhbHi_AgAJ>, > created and won the stashoo for the short. > > > https://deadline.com/2020/09/made-by-maddie-pulled-nickelodeon-hair-love-controversy-1234571148/ > (link) > > B > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/a8705456-c6f4-41c0-970f-3852345138a6n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/a8705456-c6f4-41c0-970f-3852345138a6n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJ_uKi9YF7j%3DYm0GQ3_dhc2chvAryUVp2Xft_50wF9EkxioC2g%40mail.gmail.com.
