Answer just one question:
-Is "Red Hot Riding Hood" appropriate for children?
-Is "Education For Death" appropriate for children?
-Is "The Hand" appropriate for children?
-Is "Philips Broadcast of 1938" appropriate for children?
Your answer can be short.
-Tim Finn
Well, I don't see why someone such as myself can't let her kids see these cartoons, but only under the pretext that I watch it with them and depending on their age, because those are cartoons that are historically out of context; and I'd say age is important because there's only so much a kid can understand at a certain age.
ReplyDeleteThen again, maybe lack of understanding can be an advantage, because they will just accept it and think it hilarious that Wolf's eyes are popping out in "Red Hot Riding Hood" at Little Red because she's really pretty and not because she's dressed erotically. There is plenty more harmful subliminal messages in today's cartoons. Many people feel this way with contemporary cartoons such as "Spongebob Squarepants" and "Adventure Time".
I also believe that "Philips Broadcast of 1938" is harmless.
Couldn't help but share this link. it's not the full version but my favorite part :3.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtcJ7gvJP0Q
As with any form of entertainment it is the individual parent's responsibility to edit what their child is allowed to watch, not the company, artist or distributor. Such cartoons as Red Hot Riding Hood do have what some may call "suggestive" qualities yet a child wouldn’t attribute any Freudian meaning to objects or actions, it would be taken more from face value, judged on a scale of funny or not funny. Cartoons have always had “suggestive” material and some still do. Adventure Time, SpongeBob Squarepants, Chowder, many Disney films and a myriad of others all have subliminal messages. Yet it is highly doubtful any child is acute enough to pick up on such things and if they are, it's not by watching a cartoon its by watching what's going on in the household.
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I feel that "The Hand" is in fact appropriate to show to children. I don't feel as though any of the themes the short film portrays anything that would be hard for children to watch, perhaps it would be difficult for them to understand, but not to just watch. The film was a bit dark, and perhaps a little depressing given that the film is all about being forced into a role and being hunted down and in the end, killed, but there are far worse things on television today. I think it's a beautiful example of animation and technical skill, so I'd be more than happy to show it to any child who shows an interest in deeper themes and different styles of animation.
ReplyDeleteI feel like "The Hand" is acceptable for children to watch. Like Rue said, they may not understand it but there isn't enough flat out information that you would want to shield the childrens eyes from. At the most, they may find it scary due to this hand coming into this persons house unwillingly But, they could also find it funny because the characters plant pot is always falling. So in the end you may just have to tell them that the boogie monster won't come in through their windows.
ReplyDelete"Red Hot Riding Hood" is appropriate for both children and adults as the themes conveyed in the short are comedic and humorously communicated. I don't think that any child that watches the wolf shoot himself in the head or lust after a stripper is going to do the same. Also, kids have to learn about themes dealing with sex and suicide at some point, so why not teach children about these subjects via humorous cartoon?
ReplyDelete"Philips Broadcast of 1938" is appropriate for children. It is a fantastic example of innovative replacement stop-motion and is noisy and colorful. Some may believe part of it to be racist, but the depiction of African Americans in the film was common to the era. Nowadays the representation in general is considered racist; however, to those who do not know the history, they seem to be inoffensive caricatures or stylized characters. Few if any children today would be insulted or negatively influenced by the portrayals in this film.
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"Education for Death" is as appropriate for children as any propaganda. It was made for children to have an idea of why they are at war and to understand what Hitler is doing on a basic level, and it was done in a way that still makes it entertaining for the child. It is not only a cartoon, but there are even funny moments. It is a way to understand what is happening to the German civilians and how they are becoming Nazis. It is not saying Germans are bad people originally, but they are essentially raised to be so because of Hitler. The only thing I could see as inappropriate is showing this to a modern day child with out any other information. I can very easily see a little kid sieg heiling after seeing this video and having no other knowledge of WWII, however I do not think that is a reason to not show the cartoon but rather give the child more information and the reasons why not to do it. Ironically the video is a propaganda film about how propaganda in this bad in another culture, about how it leads to their graves and while this film may be used to start children to be on the path to become American soldiers.
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