{"id":121580,"date":"2024-02-19T03:09:44","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T03:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/19\/welcome-home-franklin-peanuts-special-addresses-controversial-scene-from-thanksgiving-special\/"},"modified":"2024-02-19T03:09:44","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T03:09:44","slug":"welcome-home-franklin-peanuts-special-addresses-controversial-scene-from-thanksgiving-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/19\/welcome-home-franklin-peanuts-special-addresses-controversial-scene-from-thanksgiving-special\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Welcome Home, Franklin’ Peanuts Special Addresses Controversial Scene From Thanksgiving Special"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tApple TV+<\/a> dropped a brand new Peanuts<\/a> particular titled Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin<\/em>, specializing in the sketch\u2019s first Black character, Franklin Armstrong.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen the trailer was unveiled, one second obtained social media buzzing because it referenced the 1973 particular A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving<\/em>. The controversial scene is the place Franklin is seen sitting on one aspect of the dinner desk whereas the remaining sit on the alternative aspect.<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe new particular, which is already streaming on Apple TV+, fixes that scene displaying all of the Peanuts characters rallying round Franklin.<\/p>\n

\n\tCraig Schulz<\/a>, son of Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz, lately addressed the controversy in an interview, revealing that his son Bryan advised him in regards to the problem with the scene.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt was very important to my son Bryan,\u201d Schulz advised The Daily Beast<\/a><\/em>. \u201cHe said, \u2018This is our chance to kind of rectify the whole thing.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tDirector Raymond S. Persi defined how they made the emotional scene occur, including, \u201cTo make it have the most impact, [I suggested that we] match the shot exactly to what it was in the Thanksgiving special. So, we looked at the original frame. You\u2019ll see [in the special] it\u2019s even that same weird, wonky perspective of the table. We put it in there just so that it would immediately get people to connect to that moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tFranklin was launched in 1968, and Schulz recalled that \u201cnewspapers refused to run those comics with Franklin in them\u201d initially. In 2024, Schulz stated, \u201cThe time in 1968 is similar to the time we have right now,\u201d as \u201cthere\u2019s a lot of divisiveness and a lot of anger in the world.\u201d Schulz hopes the particular reveals how \u201ctwo people can come together if you just take it down to a basic level.\u201d<\/p>\n

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