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A playful approach

When having fun is the point of doing the story
Source: Carlos Carmonamedina for NPR Public Editor

By now, you might've heard that a filmmaker made a slasher movie where Winnie the Pooh and Piglet are killers. By most accounts, it's not even a good slasher movie. Still, many clever headlines have tapped in to those famous Poohisms like "oh, bother."

The very point of this genre of entertainment is to combine scary and funny.

How should a journalist and host approach such material? Since the material itself is irreverent, a lighter tone might be the best approach.

If Pooh Bear has morphed

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