Posted on 06/17/2016 11:44:51 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
If youve been worried that there isnt an easy enough way to help your kids understand the thorny issues of overt racism championed by presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, Netflix as it often does has a show for you.
The Emmy-winning Netflix original show All Hail King Julien, based on the popular DreamWorks movie-series Madagascar, debuts its third season Friday. And theres an episode about Trump.
Although the King Julien character was not originally intended to be a Trump parody in the Madagascar universe, the shows creators decided the royal lemur could be a perfect teaching tool for the perilous evil of the similarly small-handed candidate.
DreamWorks and Netflix have been very supportive about the kind of stories we wanted to tell on the show, showrunner Mitch Watson told The Huffington Post over email. We specifically wanted stories that had some kind of social satire.
In an exclusive clip provided to HuffPost, King Juliens supporters chant for a wall to be built around their land to keep out foreign animals. King Julien stokes their anger and encourages the idea. As if theyre more racist versions of Snow Whites seven dwarfs....
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