Whilst flipping channels, desperately looking for something to watch, I happened upon an episode of Tom and Jerry. For those of you that don't know, Tom and Jerry is an old (1950's) cartoon about a cat (Tom) and a mouse (Jerry), the plot of which is Tom constantly attempting to catch Jerry and failing. It's an old, silent slapstick cartoon. I decided to watch, as the show brings back nostalgic memories for me.
However, I was absolutely shocked by the amount of racism and imitable violence in the show. I haven't watched since I was like, 5, so I guess I didn't notice it then, but goddamn, that shit would not fly nowadays. It got me thinking about how cartoons have come since then. Nowadays, you can't actually show someone being hit, you have to show a *pow* blotch or simply imply it. Not only that, but words like "Crap" and "Hate" are considered right-out (I only know from personal experience.) I just thought it was interesting.
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