Why We Love the Haters
A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood hit theatres this month with Tom Hanks as beloved children’s TV icon Fred Rogers. (I gave the film an A+.) Did you know that Mister Rogers hated television? Mister Rogers hated that kids were being negatively influenced by violent content and commercials. He created Mister Rogers Neighborhood as a “commercial” for acceptance and love. John Belushi also hated television. He was wary of joining Saturday Night Live and Lorne Michaels had to promise Belushi huge creative latitude before he would agree to do the show. These innovators could have stood around complaining, but instead
