The Breakdown: The Legacy of ‘Dora the Explorer’

Latino USA

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Society & Culture

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

In 1998, three television writers tasked with creating the next hit children's show came up with the idea of a young girl who would go on adventures and ask questions directly to the audience. With the help of consultants, they created a seven-year-old Latina girl named Dora Márquez and the show, "Dora the Explorer." Almost 20 years later, Dora is reimagined as a teenager in a new live-action film called “Dora and the Lost City of Gold.” While some of the elements in Dora’s world are still fictional, the live-action film grounds Dora in reality. In this segment, Latino USA dives into the legacy of "Dora the Explorer" then and now.

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0:39.5	Hey Latino USA listener, today a show from our archives.
0:51.6	In this episode we break down the legacy of Dora the Explorer.
0:55.9	Producer Antonia Cerejido is going to take it from here.
1:00.2	One day in 1998, Chris Gifford and his colleague Valerie Walsh were singled out by their boss.
1:05.5	They were working at Nick Jr., Nickelodeon's preschool programming, and they were about
1:09.2	to get a very exciting opportunity.
1:12.1	We were given an assignment, come up with the next hit show.
1:17.2	They brought on another writer, Eric Weiner, and the three of them started to brainstorm
1:21.2	potential ideas.
1:22.2	The bunny and the mommy were going to adventure together and they'd go to the post office,
1:26.1	and then you had a treasure hunt with kitty cats.
1:28.4	Right.
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