Talk:Mathew Klickstein

Citation Needed
Going through this article, I reviewed the phrases marked with a Citation Needed and I think analyzing the article itself along with other publicly available knowledge of Klickstein from his other interviews, it is safe to say the article from Flavorwire does indeed have numerous errors:

1. "Miley Cyrus is working with John Kricfalusi, the creator of Ren and Stimpy, on the artwork for her Dangerous tour." [THE TOUR WAS CALLED "BANGERZ," NOT "DANGEROUS." MILEY CYRUS NEVER HAD A TOUR CALLED "DANGEROUS."]

2. "I was talking with the guy who wrote for DC, and he made a really good point ..." [Makes no sense as edited this way. Klickstein was talking here about a friend of his who writes (not WROTE) for DC Comics. An important point left out that makes the statement unclear, nonsensical and erroneous.]

3. "Is Skeeter black? They kind of joke about it in the show, because he’s the blue one." [Author edited Klickstein's statement here in a way that is not consistent with information in his own book. Author of article was mistaken in her reporting this as part of the interview which she noted at the end was "cut and edited for clarity." This point has been discussed at length in various articles and in Klickstein's book SLIMED!, as discussed by show creator Jim Jinkins, with whom Klickstein remains friendly to this day. It has been stated multiple times in the past that the creator of the show was surprised some people saw Skeeter as African-American and that the choice of the multiple colors of the characters on Doug was intentional as to not have race be an issue on the show. Example referencing this point in Klickstein's book SLIMED!: https://www.bitchmedia.org/post/diversity-in-nickelodeons-golden-age?utm_source=collegecandy.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=collegecandy ]

4. "I would be offended if one of the friends on Clifford the Big Red Dog had a friend who was in a wheelchair." [The reason Klickstein brought up this particular somewhat arbitrary show in the discussion was because he was a fan of it and knows there was a kid in a wheelchair on it. The author of the interview here was mistaken once again. Klickstein is an avid fan of the late John Ritter and has and continues to work with people with disabilities. He knows the show had a character with a wheelchair in it. This is an erroneous statement the author of article incorrectly states here.]

5. "You had Joe Torres on Hey Dude who was Hispanic and Native American because he was in Arizona, because there’s going to be someone who is that race there." [Again, in Klickstein's book SLIMED!, he clearly has people who worked on the show and cast the show -- Michael Koegel -- along with cast members talking about how Joe Torres was Hispanic PLAYING a Native American character. Once again, author was mistaken in how she put this part of interview together.]

Here's the part of the article where author incorrectly suggests Klickstein is not Jewish: "If I were Indian or Jewish, for example, and watched something where the characters are Jewish ..."

[Klickstein is not only Jewish, but he is a member of the Jewish Book Council and traveled with the JBC less than two weeks after this article was published. https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/author/mathew-klickstein He was also recently a senior reporter for the Baltimore Jewish Times. This erroneous statement on behalf of the author's "editing" the piece "for clarity" led to other blogs and pieces that also wrongly claimed Klickstein was not Jewish, as well. ]