#francine frensky
Time to play the the grown up Arthur characters guessing game.
(L to R) Muffy, Binky, D.W., Arthur, George, Buster, Ladonna and ???
That last character on the right intrigues me the most. Those round areas on the sides of their head look like they could be side ears (monkey character… Francine?) or earrings. If that is Francine, she looks like she’s sporting a crew cut here. Forgive me for stereotyping, but I’m wondering if the show is acknowledging fans’ theories about Francine’s sexuality when she’s older.
Even Marc Brown himself said he was open to the idea. From this article…
Just recently, while guest-teaching a class of college students at the University of Wisconsin, a student asked Brown if the character Francine is gay. “You know, I thought about it, I said, ‘Well, she could be, of course she could be,’” explained Brown. “And so they kind of liked the idea that Francine could be gay.”
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Marc Brown with the voices of Arthur, D.W., Mrs. Read, Francine, Muffy, Prunella, Brain, and Mr. Ratburn.
Circa 1996.
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