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Madeline Manners |
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Pepito's table manners perturb his ambassador father to the point that his father threatens to ban him from a banquet honoring a soccer star unless they improve. Madeline and chums invite him to tea, but their own decorum is lacking, so it's off to etiquette school for the lot. They learn to cover their mouths when they sneeze and to resist playing with their food, but the arrival of cousin Pablito threatens to derail all progress. In the second episode, "Madeline and the Show Off," the theme continues when schoolmate Yvette is chosen to sit for a famous painter. Her ego looms large while the rest of the girls struggle with perceptions of who's better than whom. Miss Clavel dispenses wisdom ("Each girl is beautiful in her own way.") and the Picasso-esque rendering of young Yvette effectively serves as her comeuppance. Purists may quibble with anachronisms such as the soccer player's apology for a spitting incident or the multiracial faces at the long table in Madeline's boarding school, but these updates will resonate with today's kids. (Ages 2 and older) --Kimberly Heinrichs
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