7/10
My five year old loves it, but it could be improved
6 March 2019
Warning: Spoilers
The show is very entertaining and has been a great way to introduce many historical names and basic facts to my 5-year old boy. I found the Louis Armstrong/Marie Antoinette episode especially creative and funny. I disagree with others on the acting- I think they are excellent, esp considering how young they are. Nonetheless, I think the show could do a better job of including the actual achievements of these famous people; some of the episodes are trite. I agree with others who stated that there seems to be an especially strong agenda to make the "white male" look bad. The entire profile of Marco Polo was about his exaggeration and lying. There is much more to Marco Polo than that. Ben Franklin was so incredible and the show made him look silly. Ditto on Isaac Newton. I suggest that for the next season, the team considers having a test audience of kids, and they can ask them after what they got out of it- "who was ?" to see if there were any factual takeaways. Regardless though, compared to whatever else is on TV, I'll take this any day!
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