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Irrefutable proof for the setting of the KI canon universe
So apparently screencapping until your brain hurts is actually useful for something, LOL.
There has been some dispute among Kids Inc fans as to where the show is supposed to take place. We all realize that it's sort of an idealized/fantastic version of our world, given the quite obvious set instead of shooting on location, but it was never explicitly stated, outright, just what the real-world inspiration for this set was. Most of us believe KI takes place in New York, specifically a neighborhood in Brooklyn, based on the word of one of the regular directors from the 80s seasons...and if you look hard enough, that set actually bears him out.
After 1984, there weren't a lot of scenes set at the school that the Kids attended - and if they were on school grounds, it was strictly outside, in the back actually, where it oh-so-conveniently dovetails into the back entrance of the P*lace.
The only (prominent) school system in the country that uses "PS [#]" is the New York City public school system. And, in fact, PS 127 exists:
Only elementary schools in the NYC Public School System retain their PS# names - all of the high schools are named after something else, like most other high schools in America :P And, considering the ages of the cast in 1984, it's not out of the realm of possibility that we're to believe the Kids attended elementary school. Especially since said elementary school went up to the fifth grade.
And just where in NYC is (the real) PS 127 located?
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That would be Brooklyn. It's not quite Ft. Greene, the neighborhood specified by the director from the 80s seasons, but it's pretty damn close.
So yes. I'd say that's pretty strong evidence that the show is supposed to take place in Brooklyn, NYC, NY, USA.
(And I feel simultaneously proud and incredibly dorky to have stumbled upon this revelation, LOL.)
Edited 06/16/12 - I managed to cap a much better example of the school's name from a 1987 episode, and now it truly is plain as day, LOL :P
There has been some dispute among Kids Inc fans as to where the show is supposed to take place. We all realize that it's sort of an idealized/fantastic version of our world, given the quite obvious set instead of shooting on location, but it was never explicitly stated, outright, just what the real-world inspiration for this set was. Most of us believe KI takes place in New York, specifically a neighborhood in Brooklyn, based on the word of one of the regular directors from the 80s seasons...and if you look hard enough, that set actually bears him out.
After 1984, there weren't a lot of scenes set at the school that the Kids attended - and if they were on school grounds, it was strictly outside, in the back actually, where it oh-so-conveniently dovetails into the back entrance of the P*lace.
The only (prominent) school system in the country that uses "PS [#]" is the New York City public school system. And, in fact, PS 127 exists:
Only elementary schools in the NYC Public School System retain their PS# names - all of the high schools are named after something else, like most other high schools in America :P And, considering the ages of the cast in 1984, it's not out of the realm of possibility that we're to believe the Kids attended elementary school. Especially since said elementary school went up to the fifth grade.
And just where in NYC is (the real) PS 127 located?
.
.
.
That would be Brooklyn. It's not quite Ft. Greene, the neighborhood specified by the director from the 80s seasons, but it's pretty damn close.
So yes. I'd say that's pretty strong evidence that the show is supposed to take place in Brooklyn, NYC, NY, USA.
(And I feel simultaneously proud and incredibly dorky to have stumbled upon this revelation, LOL.)
Edited 06/16/12 - I managed to cap a much better example of the school's name from a 1987 episode, and now it truly is plain as day, LOL :P
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That is some impressive sleuthing!
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I do like being right, though, LOL!! :D
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