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How were Tom and Jerry cartoons "wild"? Genuinely curious.

• paganel 8y ago
  I’m on the phone and too lazy to copy-paste video references, but as I remember there was lots and lots of violence that I don’t think would pass many of today’s censors. I also remember a couple of episodes involving a “lady cat” (Tom’s love interest) presented as a “femme fatale” which would push some hot buttons in today’s world (sexism, kids being subjected to watch sexual innuendo scenes etc). Ah, and there were also those early 1940s episodes where Tom’s owner is this black servant lady whose face is really never shown, that would generate some really heated conversations were it to be released in today’s political and social context.
• fulafel 8y ago
  Itchy and Scratchy?