I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if the change from clear good and evil in 80s/90s kids media to modern “we’re all just buddies at the end” wasn’t some kind of psyop to normalize the next generations to tolerate and handwave powerful people doing horrible shit.
Like, there was zero blurry lines back then.
If an oligarch was destroying the environment and harming people in the pursuit of power, John Leguizamo would show up and go Luigi all over some asses.
A Bug’s LIfe even had Kevin Spacey! With possibly the best line in any animated movie ever: “first rule of leadership, princess: everything is your fault.”
You’re right, but some of that is actually “in-universe” for Mario games. For example, Mario 3 is a stage play. That’s why the set pieces in the levels look the way they do, and why you can get behind the set using the white blocks.
I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if the change from clear good and evil in 80s/90s kids media to modern “we’re all just buddies at the end” wasn’t some kind of psyop to normalize the next generations to tolerate and handwave powerful people doing horrible shit.
I don’t think it was quite an intentional one, as much as it is that with media having a wider spread, the companies behind them want them to be less controversial, and more palatable to a wider audience. It’s a lot easier to do that if everyone was getting along at the end, since it’s a safe option that doesn’t risk any controversy over the audience thinking the treatment was too extreme, or having to risk offending the ratings board, or any of that.
There was that old raccoons show with the aardvark villian trying to level the forest where the bad guy isn’t completely hated so maybe an early example
Considering all the crazy shit we’ve found out…
I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if the change from clear good and evil in 80s/90s kids media to modern “we’re all just buddies at the end” wasn’t some kind of psyop to normalize the next generations to tolerate and handwave powerful people doing horrible shit.
Like, there was zero blurry lines back then.
If an oligarch was destroying the environment and harming people in the pursuit of power, John Leguizamo would show up and go Luigi all over some asses.
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Captain planet? No way - it’s all about Coalie now!
This one fascinates me - did they cover up the woman and the girls face on purpose?
Looks exactly like those old Russian propaganda posters
The art was way better on that shit.
No, it doesn’t.
Those were lit, the one above sucks noodles.
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Hahahha WTF
Is…is this a real kids show?
It’s a real “educational mascot” the gov introduced but I’m not aware of it being used in children’s programming, yet.
Put a young audience in front of a Bugs Life.
You’re 10000% right in my book. All planned.
A Bug’s LIfe even had Kevin Spacey! With possibly the best line in any animated movie ever: “first rule of leadership, princess: everything is your fault.”
You’re right, but some of that is actually “in-universe” for Mario games. For example, Mario 3 is a stage play. That’s why the set pieces in the levels look the way they do, and why you can get behind the set using the white blocks.
I don’t think it was quite an intentional one, as much as it is that with media having a wider spread, the companies behind them want them to be less controversial, and more palatable to a wider audience. It’s a lot easier to do that if everyone was getting along at the end, since it’s a safe option that doesn’t risk any controversy over the audience thinking the treatment was too extreme, or having to risk offending the ratings board, or any of that.
There was that old raccoons show with the aardvark villian trying to level the forest where the bad guy isn’t completely hated so maybe an early example