• LouNeko@lemmy.world
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      *Movies…
      …that parents also have to watch. Back In the day watching an animated film was a family event. You wouldn’t just plant a kid in front of a TV and go do your own thing. Thats why old cartoons are fully of innuendos that only adults would get.

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        Not just innuendos but themes that are more mature than we would associate with children. Not only for the parents accompanying their kids but good writing makes it possible to teach a young audience about otherwise difficult topics. Kung Fu Panda 2 deals with a whole genocide, for example. The Hunchback of Notre Dame had all that about religious fanatism and the deliberate racial persecution of a certain group of people. Thinking back on it, 101 Dalmatians had a woman chasing puppies to make a coat out of puppies. Innuendos are funny if you look back at them as an adult but that’s also what makes movies timeless and rewatchable even after aging out of the main target group.

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        I’m not saying that. I was actually thinking about the messaging by the animation companies.

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            No child should be burdened with the knowledge that hot women exist. It’s developmentally necessary that no one encounter a woman in swimwear until they turn 18. Failure to protect our most vulnerable from the permanent damage of this experience is the cause of all today’s societal woes.