too street. not street enough. too hip-hop. not enough. they cut the puppet because everybody could not agree how a black puppet should be presented. there wasn t another black puppet on sesame street for 50 years. absolutely. i think that is the point. there is no character that can make everyone happy. sesame street probably tried more than any in history to represent every child, you know, even red muppets and purple muppets. i am a grover girl.