Post by Afgncaap5 on Aug 31, 2009 17:23:44 GMT -5
I probably wouldn't have even heard this news if I hadn't recently joined Twitter and started following a few people. Regardless of how I found out, though, it seems that Reading Rainbow is ending. There's an article about it here that's talking about all the wherefores.
This show meant a lot to me when I was younger. I don't want to say that my life would've been radically different without it, but I'd be willing to bet that I'd be significantly different. Reading Rainbow wasn't like most PBS shows. I felt more like it respected my intelligence. It wasn't teaching me to be smarter, it was teaching me what I could do now that I *was* smart.
In a few ways, it was a bit like Bill Nye, but for stories instead of science.
...maybe my love of those two shows is why I grew up wanting to be a writer who has a bizarre fascination with mad scientists.
Regardless, I'm very sad to learn that this show is concluding. 26 years is an amazing run for any show, though, and Levar Burton and the rest of the people who made Reading Rainbow should be proud of the fine work that they did.
This show meant a lot to me when I was younger. I don't want to say that my life would've been radically different without it, but I'd be willing to bet that I'd be significantly different. Reading Rainbow wasn't like most PBS shows. I felt more like it respected my intelligence. It wasn't teaching me to be smarter, it was teaching me what I could do now that I *was* smart.
In a few ways, it was a bit like Bill Nye, but for stories instead of science.
...maybe my love of those two shows is why I grew up wanting to be a writer who has a bizarre fascination with mad scientists.
Regardless, I'm very sad to learn that this show is concluding. 26 years is an amazing run for any show, though, and Levar Burton and the rest of the people who made Reading Rainbow should be proud of the fine work that they did.
