New muppet Ji-Young enjoys rocking out on her electric guitar and skateboarding. Like a lot of companies, Sesame Street reflected on how it could “meet the moment”, said Kay Wilson Stallings, executive vice-president of creative and production for Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit organisation behind Sesame Street. Ji-Young’s existence is the culmination of a lot of discussions after the events of 2020 – George Floyd’s death and anti-Asian hate incidents.
“I feel like I have a lot of weight that maybe I’m putting on myself to teach these lessons and to be this representative that I did not have as a kid,” Kim said.īut fellow puppeteer Leslie Carrara-Rudolph – who performs Abby Cadabby – reminded her: “It’s not about us … It’s about this message.” But helping shape an original muppet is another feat altogether. Being a puppeteer on a show Kim watched growing up was a dream come true. That evolved into a mentorship and becoming part of the team the following year. In 2014, she was accepted into a Sesame Street workshop. Kathleen Kim, 41 and Korean American, got into puppetry in her 30s. Some of Ji-Young’s personality comes from her puppeteer. Simu Liu, Padma Lakshmi and Naomi Osaka are among the celebrities appearing in the special, which will drop on 25 November, Thanksgiving Day, on HBO Max, Sesame Street social media platforms and on local PBS stations. Ji-Young will formally be introduced in See Us Coming Together: A Sesame Street Special.
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