ESSENCE OF ANIMATION?
Animation seems to be something of a controversial medium. It has nothing to do with the fact that they are cartoons, but with specific scenes some series have released.
The first example I'm using belongs to Scooby-Doo: Daphne, one of the main characters, gets a curse by a gipsy woman. She grows from a size 2 to a size 8, making her cry and feel worse. This was thought to be even dangerous for the audience - mainly kids and teenagers -, because they contributed to make them feel insecure with their bodies. The creators, though, claimed that the message was totally different: the image was not the important thing, but the frienship of the main characters.
In The Simpsons, Principal Skinner - quite a relevant character - suddenly became Armin Tamzarian. The story every viewer knew about him was fake. This really broke the relation viewer-character and generated many dislikes to the episode, and even the series.
To end up with, Herbert, from the show called Family Guy, seems to be really close to pedophilia - but it is often forgotten because of the kind of humor this series has. Still, it is something not to make fun of.
The first example I'm using belongs to Scooby-Doo: Daphne, one of the main characters, gets a curse by a gipsy woman. She grows from a size 2 to a size 8, making her cry and feel worse. This was thought to be even dangerous for the audience - mainly kids and teenagers -, because they contributed to make them feel insecure with their bodies. The creators, though, claimed that the message was totally different: the image was not the important thing, but the frienship of the main characters.
In The Simpsons, Principal Skinner - quite a relevant character - suddenly became Armin Tamzarian. The story every viewer knew about him was fake. This really broke the relation viewer-character and generated many dislikes to the episode, and even the series.
To end up with, Herbert, from the show called Family Guy, seems to be really close to pedophilia - but it is often forgotten because of the kind of humor this series has. Still, it is something not to make fun of.
-María Brotóns
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