Everyone wants to know how to get to Sesame Street. Bradley Freeman Jr. found a way there.
On March 23, two new muppets joined the cast of the 52-year-old children’s television show: 5-year-old Wesley Walker and his father, Elijah. Freeman, 22, a Brownsville native and self-taught puppeteer who performs the role of Wesley, says the Black family is meant to be a catalyst through which kids and families can learn about an important topic.
“He was brought to the street in an effort to help families, kids, parents, everybody have a difficult conversation about race that a lot of families don’t even know how to approach,” he says.
Freeman traces his own path to Sesame Street back to age five, when he received his first puppet, Matt the Monkey, as a gift. Playing with Matt and watching The Muppet Show led him to fall in love with the world of puppetry. He remembers being captivated by a straight-to-video movie called Kermit’s Swamp Years; his favorite part was the bonus footage that showed performers working on the film. Puppets seemed so much more alive than animated characters, and he couldn’t stop watching.
“It was a feeling of tangibility,” Freeman says. “This sort of cartoon character put into the real world. It was magical.”
On March 23, two new muppets joined the cast of the 52-year-old children’s television show: 5-year-old Wesley Walker and his father, Elijah. Freeman, 22, a Brownsville native and self-taught puppeteer who performs the role of Wesley, says the Black family is meant to be a catalyst through which kids and families can learn about an important topic.
“He was brought to the street in an effort to help families, kids, parents, everybody have a difficult conversation about race that a lot of families don’t even know how to approach,” he says.
Freeman traces his own path to Sesame Street back to age five, when he received his first puppet, Matt the Monkey, as a gift. Playing with Matt and watching The Muppet Show led him to fall in love with the world of puppetry. He remembers being captivated by a straight-to-video movie called Kermit’s Swamp Years; his favorite part was the bonus footage that showed performers working on the film. Puppets seemed so much more alive than animated characters, and he couldn’t stop watching.
“It was a feeling of tangibility,” Freeman says. “This sort of cartoon character put into the real world. It was magical.”
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A gringo making monkeys out of mexicans and gets rich and famous doing it.
Minnesota Officer Who Shot Daunte Wright Meant to Fire Taser, Chief Says
Can't say anything about these cops they get stupid mad just read their postings about the new sheriff seems they are itching to pull a gun on "ANYBODY" we'll soon see...
Anyone who continues to pretend to be a victim and blame gringos for all their woes.
Racist rat fucks
That stupid cop had over 20 years experience WHAT? after 20 years you should know the difference between a pistola and taser. Maybe he doesn't know the difference between a male &*and a female ^&*&*!!!
Aqui tengo tu Muppet!
Vegetable Biden couldn't any longer hide how unsafe Johnson & Johnson vaccines are! The unsafe vaccine has been paused until more studies are done! Shouldn't have a complete studies been done to make sure this vaccine was safe in the first place! I warned you all idiotas about not trusting the government/Gates covid-19 vaccines! Enjoy your blood clots pinche idiotas vacas! Hahahahaha!
Brownsville Police Chief Felix "El Chapo" Sauceda-Bernal is a local Brown-Town Pupet. With City Manager Bernal's hand so far up his a** Sauceda-Bernal is ready and willing for the second hand!!
#worstchiefever...
Brownsville Police Chief Felix "El Chapo" Sauceda-Bernal is a local Brown-Town Pupet. With City Manager Bernal's hand so far up his a** Sauceda-Bernal is ready and willing for the second hand!!
#worstchiefever...
Brownsville CITY Manager "El Rata" Bernal Praises and Compliments Brownsville Police Chief Felix "El Chapo" Sauceda-Bernal on his outside the Box thinking for placing KY Jelly in his hair and making it a snap to go from top to bottom. RUN your hand through the hair and right up the old a**h***!! Makes for great control!!!
#worstchiefever..
April 13, 2021 at 3:24 PM
Call your friends what they really are racist republicans idiota pendejo o eres un coco
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