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OPPOSITE SIDES OF A CENSORSHIP DISPUTE WITH SCHOOL OFFICIALS
the very FUNNY
ABOUT RACIAL SLURS IN "HUCKLEBERRY FINN." AND I REALLY ENJOYED "HOW
TO BE A PERFECT PERSON IN THREE DAYS," STARRING HERMIONE GINGOLD IN
A BIT PART AS A TEACHER.
WHEN RICHARD PECK, THE AUTHOR OF NUMEROUS YOUNG ADULT
NOVELS, WAS ASKED WHAT KIND OF STORIES WOULD APPEAL TO YOUNG
TEENAGERS, HE RESPONDED, "ADOLESCENTS MUCH PREFER A SWEETLY
SAD LOVE STORY WITH.A HAPPY ENDING TO ANY SORT OF SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION. THEY LIKE STORIES OF GOOD CHARACTER. BUT THE YOUNG
WILL NOT BE PREACHED TO. THEY WANT INSTEAD STORIES THAT INSPIRE
THEM TO SURVIVE IN THE WORLD AS IT IS: IN THEIR ALMIGHTY PEER GROUP, IN
THEIR UNREMITTING NEED TO BE ACCEPTED. THEY DO NOT WANT THE BOAT
ROCKED; THEY WANT TO KEEP FROM FALLING OVERBOAARD AND SO THEY
WILL BE, DRAWN TO STORIES THEY CAN RISE TO: STORIES THAT PIT THE
STANDARD OF THE INDIVIDUAL AGAINST THE RULES OF THE GROUP. THERE
ARE PLENTY OF SUCH STORIES, IF ONLY TELEVISION CAN CHANGE ENOUGH
"
TO FIND THEM
THE AFTERSCHOOL SPECIALS ARE A NIFTY EXAMPLE OF THE KIND OF
PROGRAMS PECK DESCRIBES. WHY DOESN'T EACH NETWORK ADD ITS
SPECIALS FROM THE SEVENTIES AND EIGHTIES TO TODAY'S ALL TOO
OCCASIONAL SHOWS AND SCHEDULE A WEEKLY DRAMATIC SERIES FOR THIS
UNDERSERVED AGE GROUP? AND WHY NOT RISK A FEW BUCKS BY
SCHEDULING THEM AT 8 P.M, INSTEAD OF 4 P.M. ON A WEDNESDAY OR
THURSDAY? AUDIENCES ARE USED TO THE INDUSTRY PRACTICOOF AIRING
AFTER-SCHOOL SHOWS EVERY DAY MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, AND
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