Melissa Gilbert Fires Back at Megyn Kelly’s Request Not to ‘Wokeify’ the ‘Little House on the Praire’ Reboot
Melissa Gilbert had the best response to Megyn Kelly‘s request that the upcoming Little House on the Prairie reboot isn’t “woke-ified” by Netflix.
After news of the series was announced earlier this week, Kelly wrote on X, “@Netflix if you wokeify Little House on the Prairie I will make it my singular mission to absolutely ruin your project.”
Gilbert then took to Threads to point out that the original series, which she starred in, tackled plenty of topics that the journalist might consider “woke.” The actress wrote, “Apparently Megyn tweeted (I’m not on that platform) asking that Netflix not “woke-Ify” their Little House remake. Ummm…watch the original again. TV doesn’t get much more ‘woke’ than we did. We tackled: racism, addiction, nativism, antisemitism, misogyny, rape, spousal abuse, and every other ‘woke’ topic you can think of. Thank you very much.”
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She tagged Kelly in her post and told her to, “Watch any episode on any streaming platform anywhere in the world.”
The upcoming Netflix show will be a new adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder books, which were published between 1932 and 1943. NBC’s original TV adaptation of the series aired from 1974-1982. Gilbert starred in the show, which ran for nine seasons and 204 total episodes.
“Part hopeful family drama, part epic survival tale and part origin story of the American West, this fresh adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s iconic semi-autobiographical Little House books offers a kaleidoscopic view of the struggles and triumphs of those who shaped the frontier,” a logline for the new show says.
Rebecca Sonnenshine is the series’ showrunner and executive producer. She said in a statement, “I fell deeply in love with these books when I was 5 years old. They inspired me to become a writer and a filmmaker, and I am honored and thrilled to be adapting these stories for a new global audience with Netflix.”
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Why are these broke MAGA people so afraid of examining issues, and maybe letting facts change their minds??? That’s what woke is—self-reflection and a realization to what’s really going on around you. Being angry and intimidated by that mindset will keep dividing us, and prevent us from solving any of our issue.
High five to Melissa for defending Michael Landon’s legacy. He was such a good person. We need more Michaels and less Megans!
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Is Megyn Kelly thinking that the original TV "Little House on the Praire" was akin to something like a Disney-approved family type show? The fact it came out in the '70s when someone like Norman Lear made prime time grow up a little more and allowed shows like "LHOTP" to explore more mature themes tastefully according to the dictates of the broadcast code made the show more than something that would have been approved during the Production Code era of motion pictures..
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I've never really been a fan of Little House, but I don't hate it, either. I do remember that a lot of '70s shows dealt with heavy topics such as the ones Melissa Gilbert mentioned. So maybe "woke" isn't a new thing after all, and maybe Megyn Kelly should try to fight battles that aren't going to make her sound like maga-idiot.
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That lollipop head needs to shut her Kelly trap.
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