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The Itchy & Scratchy joke about Worker & Parasite was a referecene to the idea that all animation that came out of Soviet Russia or Eastern Europe during the Co
by RichardCA 4y ago
The Itchy & Scratchy joke about Worker & Parasite was a referecene to the idea that all animation that came out of Soviet Russia or Eastern Europe during the Cold War era had to feature a heavy handed metaphor about something, usually some sort of oblique reference to class struggle. But that doesn't mean they lacked nuance or good story telling.
They used to show stuff like this on PBS back in the 70's. Even as a kid I got the message.
https://youtu.be/cy3Xsd9GLBA https://youtu.be/cy3Xsd9GLBA
- jareklupinski 4y agoI thought they were just making fun of the East's worse animation standards, just replacing itchy and scratchy with 'wolf and rabbit' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyNOF2VZMO8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyNOF2VZMO8
- RichardCA 4y agoIf you study the history of animation, you will be exposed to the work of Zagreb Studios. So if you're an animator it comes across as an inside joke, but to anyone else it's just a super-obscure reference. https://youtu.be/zb0PA-TaS4g https://youtu.be/zb0PA-TaS4g
- RichardCA 4y agoFor me personally, I spent most of the 70's bored to death in school, but I got to come home and watch shows like "International Animation Festival" on Channel 13 (PBS if you grew up in the NYC area). They also had the first run of Monty Python's Flying Circus in the US, which was one of the few things me and my dad enjoyed together. But the bulk the animation shown on PBS came from the NFB - The National Film Board of Canada, which provided the retro aestheics that were later adopted by Boards of Canada. https://youtu.be/upsZZ2s3xv8 https://youtu.be/upsZZ2s3xv8