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In reply to the discussion: What's the WORST cartoon show from when you were a kid? [View all]MicaelS
(8,747 posts)Full Animation (as opposed to limited animation) is, IMO, as much an art form as any other. I consider the cartoons of the 30s to early 60s an art form, and will not tolerate them being censored. Not for ANY content. And animation is NOT just for children, no matter what most Americans think. As one animator of the time said: "I am not making these for kids, I am making them for me."
The fucking PTA in the 1960s took the lead in censoring and ruining the classic Warner and Paramount cartoons because of the slapstick violence. And I still hold that against them.
The Japanese have a much more mature attitude towards animation. They accept it as art form, and have animation for all ages from very small children to stuff that over here would get an instant X rating.