- Network: Netflix
- Series Premiere Date: Jul 4, 2021
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The songs and videos of We The People are entertaining, but they also do a good job of connecting with their intended audience and making the concepts that are sung about stick in young brains.
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When I say that We the People is, comparatively and qualitatively, a decidedly mixed bag, with one or two standouts, one or two real duds and a bunch of so-so songs in the middle, am I drawing a distinction between my memory of Schoolhouse Rock! or the reality? Probably the former. ... I doubt we’re going to still be singing these songs in a decade, much less in 40 years, but it’s an inspiring hour of Fourth of July viewing and I’d be curious to watch more installments.
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The series is directed at young people, so one could argue that a simple, aspirational approach was necessary to garner interest. On the other hand, one needn’t look further than the historic marches in response to the murder of George Floyd — protests organized, overwhelmingly, by very young people — to know that apathy about civics isn’t quite the issue here.
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“We the People” is, at its core, well-meaning. It’s just not especially illuminating in the way it would like to be, having preemptively stopped itself from exploring anything beyond the basics.