Cartoons are the ones that help us with a lot of things-
making us laugh when we are sad , teaching us values of friendship and make us realize that it is right to stand for truth.
But along with these teaching some of them are attracted
towards some controversies because of their handling of sensitive issues.
Here is the list -
Here is the list -
1) Tom & Jerry - the love hate relationship between a
cat and mouse is like that of a sibings;
they fight, they try foil others plan but when there is a time of threat they
are together. They made us laugh and think about friendship with their
hilarious acts . But showing their face
blackened after an explosion or falling of ink was considered as an attack on
blacks and was seen as racial abuse. Therefore these scenes were chopped in
some countries whereas in some they are still displayed.
Controversy – Racism.
Controversies- unhygienic and picture of being a Muslim.
3) The Simpsons – one of the longest running shows in
animation history and to have completed
500 episodes in 23 seasons is itself
a feat. But all this while Simpsons had to deal with their share of
controversies and that was coming directly from the political circles. Catholic
groups attacked homers anti catholic comments. Beer usage was out of
proportion, Bart Simpsons was considered as a bad role model for kids.
Controversies – Political comments, anti-catholic acts and over usage of beer.
.jpg)
.jpg)
4) Donald Duck- in one of the episodes he is shown
training and then ready to go for a fight against the Japanese empire army
during WWII ;which was considered as not suitable for kids and a direct racial
attack. Donald duck was the first Disney cartoon to be charged under racial
attack . Schools in Finland banned Donald duck as he never wore pants.
But many had their share of laugh about his pants as in 3.02 episode from friends
Chandler’s quotes-
“ You know what's
weird? Donald Duck never wore pants. But whenever he's getting out of the
shower, he always put a towel around his waist. I mean, what is that about?”
Controversies – Racism and not wearing pants.
Video -
5) Bugs Bunny- the carrot eating funny and happy-go-lucky
rabbit was not that lucky with racial controversies.
Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips made in 1944 was a direct attack
on Japanese people as bugs shows no mercy on the soldiers. It greets Japanese
people with ice-creams having explosives . This was marked by protests by Japanese
rights activist against its
distribution.
Controversy – Racism
Video-
6) Popeye the Sailor Man- kids love him and parents love
him too as he eats spinach and gains immense power after that. Thus they have
to force less their child to have veggies in meal. But Popeye who was in comics,
advertisements and popular on television was under racism charges as in few
episodes he was served by black ladies hurting sentiments of theirs.
Controversy – Racism
Video-
7) Tintin - many say he is better than Sherlock and some say otherwise. He was created for
showing kids to have fun and adventure on the way of solving crime and to
unmask truth; so everyone ought to love Tintin . But this Belgian reporter
faced many charges as some episodes showed him slaughtering wild animals and
destroying the forest inhabitants. Tintin harms forest animals on his way to Central
Africa and the way he treats blacks were subjects of question.
The creator years later apologized for the depiction of
Congolese people as immature, stupid and funny as there were protest.
8) Eric Cartman- he is a character from Southpark which
itself is in controversies as many parents feel that the show is no good for
the younger generation.
Eric is fat, ill-tempered, obnoxious, foul-mouthed, lazy
and all that a person doesn’t want his child to have. But
he also has big business plan showing attitude of American school kids.
Controversy – Disapproval from parents.
Video-
9) Prophet Muhammad- one of the biggest controversies in recent times was about the cartoon of Muhammad. It was made as to be a mirror about bad deeds in society and the Islam community. In one of the episodes it is shown prophet standing at the gates of heaven and sending death souls to earth to fight for jihad.
9) Prophet Muhammad- one of the biggest controversies in recent times was about the cartoon of Muhammad. It was made as to be a mirror about bad deeds in society and the Islam community. In one of the episodes it is shown prophet standing at the gates of heaven and sending death souls to earth to fight for jihad.
It also showed the picture of Muhammad which is against Islam.
The Sunni Muslims and the Islamic circle of North America were against this.
Taliban in Afghanistan banned photos,
television shows and images in newspaper and destroyed paintings of Muhammad.
Controversy – Showing face of Prophet Muhammad.
10) Superman - he is a Kryptonite but has considered Earth
as his home. He is the mightiest among all superheroes and the symbol of
American power . In “Jungle Drums” we see how Superman rescues Louis lane from
the Nazis from being burned while the African tribes dance around .
The final nail in coffin was that of this statement -
Lois Lane: "Thank you for saving me,
Superman. I don't know what I would have done without you."
Superman:
"Never fear Lois, I'll never let spear-chucking Negroes get you."
Controversy – Racial attack
Optional -
He asks her "So what
do your parents do?"
She replies "My dad's
an accountant, and my mom is the former governor of Alaska."
There was war on television between Sarah and Seth Macfarlane; the creator . But the real surprise was in
form of a facebook status daughter Bristol wrote, "If the writers of a
particularly pathetic cartoon show thought they were being clever in mocking my
brother and my family yesterday, they failed. All they proved is that they're
heartless jerks."
Controversy - Down’s syndrome
episode on Sarah Palin’s daughter.
No comments:
Post a Comment