Description
A popular culture party of Fred Rogers and the long-lasting legacy of his cherished, award-profitable PBS display Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood that gives very important knowledge to assist us in our bothered instances.
Won’t you be my neighbor?
For greater than thirty years, Fred Rogers was once a cherished fixture in American houses. Heat and alluring, he spoke in an instant to youngsters—and their oldsters—in regards to the marvels of the sector, the issues that involved them, and notably, the significance of being themselves. Wearing his cardigan and shoes, Fred Rogers introduced a healthy message of generosity and love that modified the panorama of tv and formed a technology of youngsters. Kindness and Surprise can pay tribute to this cultural icon: the original, delicate guy who embodied the most efficient of what we might be. Nowadays’s audiences will likely be reminded of Mr. Rogers’s uplifting personality within the TriStar Photos movie A Stunning Day within the Community, the place Tom Hanks stars as the true-lifestyles Fred Rogers.
Looking again on the historical past of the display and the inventive visionary at the back of it, popular culture aficionado Gavin Edwards reminds us of the indelible classes and insights that Mister Rogers conveyed—what it approach to be a excellent particular person, to be open-hearted, to be considerate, to be curious, to be compassionate—and why they subject. Superbly crafted, infused with Mister Rogers’ delicate spirit, and that includes dozens of interviews with other folks whose lives have been touched via Fred Rogers—starting from Rita Moreno to NFL Corridor of Famer Lynn Swann—Kindness and Wonder is a love letter to this unforgettable cultural hero and function fashion, and the gorgeous Community he created.
