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(DIR) Post #Aiijtc53bp28UEW9Ro by ZachWeinersmith@mastodon.social
2024-06-08T14:36:44Z
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Offhand thoughts:I was watching old cartoons with my daughter the other day and one thing that's really striking is how, roughly through the 80s and most of the 90s let's say, cartoons were very sincere, very much specifical for kids, not adults. Interestingly, this seems to me to be different from earlier (e.g. Looney Tunes, Tom & Jerry) and later (e.g. Powerpuff Girls).
(DIR) Post #Aiik3ibeCZ3pcaa19k by theaardvark@mastodon.me.uk
2024-06-08T14:38:32Z
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@ZachWeinersmith With Animaniacs as the outlier?
(DIR) Post #Aiik5ZqVk8HV1zQ0n2 by rotopenguin@mastodon.social
2024-06-08T14:38:55Z
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@ZachWeinersmith I sincerely want you to buy the entire line of toys
(DIR) Post #Aiim3eMQBca0MWYMEK by SkipHuffman@astrodon.social
2024-06-08T15:00:58Z
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@ZachWeinersmith my generation (early X, late boomer) was very serious about wanting adults to put childish things behind them. Which, of course led to arbitrary designations of what things are for adults and what are for children. Its all nonsense.
(DIR) Post #AiioLw5nCN9kTece6y by dan131riley@federate.social
2024-06-08T15:26:40Z
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@ZachWeinersmith Looney Tunes etc. were originally produced as theatrical shorts, that could be shown before movies intended for mixed (or even adult) audiences. There was something of a phase change in I'd say the 70s, when there were a lot of dedicated full-length shows specifically for what I remember as "Saturday morning" cartoons. Then we got cable and channel diversification, and cartoons aimed again at a more diverse audience (some them quite good, e.g. Avatar, Kim Possible, etc.)
(DIR) Post #AiiqHeIVcLLo2NebMe by jonhendry@iosdev.space
2024-06-08T15:48:18Z
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@ZachWeinersmith Gen X grew up on the former and then made the latter when their careers had progressed far enough to have creative control.
(DIR) Post #AiiuGKNcaIrpn7fdfk by Tattie@eldritch.cafe
2024-06-08T16:32:54Z
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@ZachWeinersmith Gen X has often been characterised as the least parented generation. Just plop 'em down in front of Saturday morning cartoons, I'm sure it'll be fine.
(DIR) Post #AiiwYWuOwROvlkoIjY by curtmack@floss.social
2024-06-08T16:58:35Z
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@ZachWeinersmith Would you believe Reagan might be partially to blame? His FTC cut regulations against advertising to children, which led to the rise of advertising cartoons like G.I. Joe and Transformers. Since these shows were primarily designed to sell toys to children, they were written specifically for children.