Won't You Be My Neighbor?

Always nice when a Sundance movie gets picked up for wide release and appears in the McAllen Multiplex Land.  The documentary story of Fred Rogers, who early on decided he needed to me in the burgeoning medium of TV to minister to young people.  Themes are his dealing with adult subjects, not talking down to children, treating their feelings as real.

Heavy stuff, because when I was watching the show at my grandmother Pearl's in the 70s, I just recall that it was more lighthearted than anything.  I don't remember any recurring characters, or any specific puppets.  But this was before you could read about these things in magazines and websites.  So it was an interesting voyage of discovery.

The filmmaker Morgan Neville did a nice documentary job of "turning up the good" (note Officer Clemons)  as I heard him describe how good music was produced.  There is good piano and cello music here as well and a nice theological and mainstream message that "You are loved."  Who won't like that?

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