Eddie Bowley
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The Evolution Of Cartoon Dads (aka I just wanna gush how much I love Bluey)
🕑 Added 2022-10-17 17:54:07 +0000 UTCI've been doing a lot of self reflection as a father, comparing myself to my own father and other fathers, unsure if I'm doing the right things etc. Meanwhile, I've been adoring Bluey and wanting to find some way of talking about it in a way that a general audience who never watched Bluey may find appealing.
So it lead me to an exploration of the fathers throughout generations, how they were culturally and how they were represented in cartoons. After all, cartoons are designed to simplify and exaggerate, so it'll be the most distilled version of those generations of dads. And it's been an eye-opening experience.
Attached is the script for the next video. I want to continue tweaking it, I kinda glaze over anything about abusive fathers and while I don't want to dwell on that side of things heavily, anything I approach needs to be done delicately. It may be an acknowledgement, rather than a whole dedicated segment ultimately.
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Jaice Lynn
So, for what you said about the part about abusive dads: I agree that maybe a whole segment may be a bit much as you made it clear that you don’t want it to be a looming heavy topic. I do however think it’s important to at least mention. So as someone with, well, I guess you could say, experience with the subject, I suggest saying something about how just like with any other portrayal of fathers in media, people who may not have had great dads may find it important to see that kind of representation in cartoons, so long as it’s portrayed correctly. When seeing an abusive parent in a show that isn’t there for a gag or comedic affect, but rather, as a way to bring awareness to that kind of behavior while still being important to the plot of the story, it can feel like the viewer has been seen, and to add to that, it can feel so liberating when seeing fans openly criticize the behavior of that character because it proves to the viewer that they truly weren’t at fault for what they experienced and that behavior like that truly is unacceptable. That’s just my take on the subject, and of course I can’t speak for everyone who has experienced something similar, so take it all with a grain of salt, but I figured I’d say something in case you were stumped on how to tackle it.
