‘Moon Girl,’ a Brainy Teenager Who Teleports a T-Rex to 21st Century Manhattan, Isn’t Your Standard-Issue Superhero
The Disney Channel series sidesteps most of the expanded Marvel Universe, but it isn’t so much dumbed-down as it is, we might say, ‘kid-ed up.’
It’s just another day on the Lower East Side for your typical 13-year-old girl and her pet tyrannosaurus in “Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur,” the new Marvel-Disney animated series.
This Disney Channel series aimed at younger viewers details the adventures of Lunella Lafayette who, side by side with her prehistoric playmate, fights supervillains, helps her community and family, and — as you might expect from a kids show — learns life lessons, albeit in a fun, non-preachy way.
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