tom and jerry
The Adventures of Tom and Jerry
Tom and Jerry is a classic cat chases mouse plot. As a little kid you see all of these types of shows in a different perspective but when you actually view them with an adult mind set, you start seeing these subliminal messages that some people may find offensive or disturbing. Tom and Jerry is a typical show with basic stereotypes of different cultures for a mere laugh. While these may seem harmless and unintentional, they implant a non-focused picture of what a real life person, of this designated group, may look like. For example, the racism in “Tom and Jerry” is often shown when a character gets too close to an explosive, it goes off, and he turns up in blackface with big red lips. As I watched the show, not only did I notice some racism, but in the episodes seen, there were almost no female characters. If one did happen to pop up, it was to infatuate Tom or Jerry and distract from their current objective or purpose. Obviously if the female did catch their attention so easily, they had to be attractive in a way, but in the cartoons, they’re attractive in every way! They was much sexualized with their red lips curling and spidery eyelashes incessantly batting as Tom and Jerry competed over them. They are skinny as all could be and had the body of a Victoria Secret Model, the perfect woman in short terms. It’s ridiculous the way the males obsess over the females in old cartoon shows, but who can blame them? This gives the youth mind the intention that if a girl is to be attractive, she has to be drop dead gorgeous close to a goddess. and sadly, that’s the way beauty is interpreted now a days and it is not going to change for a long time. The non-sexualized female in Tom and Jerry would be the African American woman, Mammy Two Shoes, as she is referred to. She usually appears headless, from the chest below, with a pink apron and slippers on. She’s fat and not very attractive, stereotyping that the women who are ugly are more
Tom and Jerry is a classic cat chases mouse plot. As a little kid you see all of these types of shows in a different perspective but when you actually view them with an adult mind set, you start seeing these subliminal messages that some people may find offensive or disturbing. Tom and Jerry is a typical show with basic stereotypes of different cultures for a mere laugh. While these may seem harmless and unintentional, they implant a non-focused picture of what a real life person, of this designated group, may look like. For example, the racism in “Tom and Jerry” is often shown when a character gets too close to an explosive, it goes off, and he turns up in blackface with big red lips. As I watched the show, not only did I notice some racism, but in the episodes seen, there were almost no female characters. If one did happen to pop up, it was to infatuate Tom or Jerry and distract from their current objective or purpose. Obviously if the female did catch their attention so easily, they had to be attractive in a way, but in the cartoons, they’re attractive in every way! They was much sexualized with their red lips curling and spidery eyelashes incessantly batting as Tom and Jerry competed over them. They are skinny as all could be and had the body of a Victoria Secret Model, the perfect woman in short terms. It’s ridiculous the way the males obsess over the females in old cartoon shows, but who can blame them? This gives the youth mind the intention that if a girl is to be attractive, she has to be drop dead gorgeous close to a goddess. and sadly, that’s the way beauty is interpreted now a days and it is not going to change for a long time. The non-sexualized female in Tom and Jerry would be the African American woman, Mammy Two Shoes, as she is referred to. She usually appears headless, from the chest below, with a pink apron and slippers on. She’s fat and not very attractive, stereotyping that the women who are ugly are more