Nickelodeon pulls ‘Made by Maddie’ after ‘Hair Love’ controversy
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Nickelodeon announced today that #MadeByMaddie — whose central characters bear a striking resemblance to those of the Oscar-winning film #HairLove — was pulled from its schedule.
The 22-episode series was scheduled to debut Sept. 13 on Nick Jr. latimes.com/entertainment-…
After Nickelodeon shared the #MadeByMaddie trailer and first-look images this week, social media users were quick to point out that its central family (and cat) look quite similar to that of #HairLove, Matthew A. Cherry’s Oscar-winning short latimes.com/entertainment-…
Nickelodeon released this statement about the #MadeByMaddie and #HairLove controversy latimes.com/entertainment-…
The controversy over resemblances between #MadeByMaddie and #HairLove comes as the animation industry, like much of Hollywood, reckons with discrimination against Black creatives in the wake of the nationwide movement for Black lives latimes.com/entertainment-…
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