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Maya & Miguel
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Maya & Miguel
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PBS Kids
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Educational |
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Maya & MIguel chronicles the adventures, and sometimes misadventures, of 10-year-old siblings Maya and Miguel Santos, and features their family, relatives and a richly diverse neighborhood of friends.
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Representation |
Does the show use a balanced ratio of male and female characters? |
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Appearance |
How characters are portrayed in terms of their appearance. Does the show use color to identify gender and are broad ranges of features used to illustrate characters? |
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Communication/Interaction |
How characters are portrayed in terms of their communication styles and interactions with other characters. Do they display characteristics such as assertiveness, confidence, sensitivity, kindness, adventurousness, etc.? |
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Leadership & Independence |
How characters are portrayed as leaders or followers. Do they act independently, initiate conversations and actions, show respect for others, etc.? |
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Activities |
How characters are portrayed in terms of their activities and physicality. Are characters portrayed doing only stereotypical activities (girls cheerleading and boys playing sports, for example) or are there a broad range of activities for each? |
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Skills & Intelligence |
How characters are portrayed in terms of their intelligence and abilities. Do they show aptitude with science, technology or math as well as art, dance or music? |
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COMMENTS: Maya and Miguel is a wonderful show featuring diverse characters. Maya is a great lead character who is featured as the leader in most situations. We would love to see more interaction with the other female characters and to see the show resist the temptation of stereotyping the characters - the boys are all focused on sports and the girls are much more focused on what they wear and standing on the sidelines to cheer on the boys.
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