When Netflix Announced The much-awaited return of Little House on the Prairie is now complete Last week Melissa Gilbert The main character of the original series, which aired from 1974 to 1984, was also an actress NBC Decided to keep her mouth shut. She didn’t mean to be rude, but rather to prevent her comments from dominating the new adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s cherished novels
I said, ‘I won’t say anything. Let it be, or else I’ll let them have their way. According to Gilbert, they will discuss it if they need me in the future Entertainment Weekly “But then Megyn Kelly Had to open her [ Long pause In the current climate, I’m attempting to refrain from using foul language and instead respond with a cotton-headed ninny-muggins comment about the reboot.”
Gilbert Took to Instagram to speak out against Kelly’s comment — in which the former Fox News host threatened to “absolutely ruin” the Netflix reboot if the streamer chose to “woke-ify” Little House on the Prairie — because it revealed how little Kelly really knew about the OG series. “Did you watch the original? Have you seen the episode’ The Wisdom of Solomon ‘? I don’t think we get more woke than that” Gilbert continues. “Did she see any of the episodes we did about drug addiction, about nativism, about Native Americans, chauvinists, anti-semitism, rape, child abuse, child neglect, industrialization? I mean, we covered everything that’s going on in the world still. It’s not my job to defend the word ‘woke,’ but to my mind, it just means compassion for all. I don’t understand why that’s a bad thing, and I don’t think anyone can ever convince me of that.”
The new book in the series, which Gilbert starred in for ten years, will follow the third book after her previous work as Laura Ingalls Wilder
I think there is room in there, that’s for it Little House The universe provided a platform for the sharing of diverse tales, just as there was always an opportunity to explore new areas Little Women The actress, who co-founded the lifestyle brand, urges the universe to continue telling the story Modern Prairie In 2022. “These are classic stories, and nobody has completely written them off. Someone else has taken on the role of” the original, “which was previously played by Michael Landon. There is, in my opinion, a lot of potential for that. There are many other stories that align with my personal experience. In my opinion, this opens up a multitude of possibilities for all sorts of things Little House on the Prairie Projects.”
Gilbert adds that the new project will have an opportunity “to do things that we didn’t get to do necessarily so easily in the’ 70s” especially when it comes to casting
“They can make an actual point of hiring Native American actors to play the Native Americans, which we didn’t do. We were certainly inclusive and open to it, but it wasn’t a prerequisite” explains the actress, who’s currently starring in the Off Broadway play Still “And now they can look at it with a new lens and say,’ This part should be played by Native American actors. ‘I mean, God love the Jewish men who played them on our show. I loved them dearly. I myself, being the Jewish Half-Pint, totally understood it. But bring them in. Bring in Dr. Tann, the actual Black doctor who treated the Ingalls family Bring all of these people in and tell the story.”
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