What Mister Rogers Tells us about Authority and Resistance

A lot of people see Mister Rogers as a kind of anti-Trump. If we're going to use Mister Rogers to inform our political resistance, we should look more closely at what his program was actually trying to tell us. Full 1984 Dairy Farm episode (1527): https://www.misterrogers.org/episode-... Full 1968 episodes (0001-0005): https://www.misterrogers.org/episode-... Want more Mister Rogers info? Visit the Neighborhood Archive: http://www.neighborhoodarchive.com/ My Twitter:   / char_cago   Music in this video: Opportunity Walks by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song... License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Off to Osaka by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song... License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Local Forecast Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Gymnopedie No. 1 by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song... License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... 0:00 Introduction: What's Mister Rogers trying to tell us? 4:21 A Visit to a Dairy Farm 17:25 King Friday builds a wall 27:30 Conclusion Hi! I'm Char. I make video essays about media criticism, literature, and queerness. Let's take some crazy cultural objects and figure out what they mean.