When I found this picture I was very shocked that someone would actually compose a picture like this. In the classic cartoon Tom and Jerry, the cat Tom is always trying to catch the mouse Jerry; however Jerry is just too sneaky for him and always gets away. The one thing I never thought about is what Tom would do to Jerry if he ever caught him. I never did figure out that answer but in this very graphic picture James Cauty and his 15 year old son Harry did come up with an answer. They portrayed that if it ever did happen Tom would kill Jerry. But, how could this happen because it’s a children’s cartoon, and in cartoons nobody is supposed to get injured or let alone killed. The reason James Cauty and his son created this picture with the idea to come up with a disruptive body of new work. They hijacked popular cartoon characters and liberated animations, to violent, shocking and entertaining ends, all of which will be part of their own specialist cartoon art gift shop.
This picture is supposed to shock the viewer so they can take in to account how violent cartoons really are. They tell children that no real harm can ever come from these cartoons but what if tom ever did catch tom what would really happen? Many cartoons have different means and this one just shows that even the smallest person can outsmart the biggest one. This cartoon was intended for the viewers to take a second thought in what they let their children watch on children because even if no real harm is being done that doesn’t mean that it will not affect young children.
WOW. This picture certainly does paint an interesting picture of what could happen were things in a cartoon ever so slightly different. I also think it has the potential to tie in to the new debates about how violent video games, or television shows impact the behavior of children, by pointing out that there's always been a lot of violence in children's shows.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Alex on this as well. Where did you find this picture? This also reminds me of other cartoons like the Teletubbies! Children watch all sorts of cartoons, but do their parents "really" know what their watching is the question! Nice job!
ReplyDeleteI disagree with the claim that the picture is trying to show the violence in cartoons today. If Tom and Jerry were violent, things like this would happen in the show, but they don't- that's why its not violent. Unless I'm not understanding something I don't see the point this picture is trying to make.
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