Title: Tom and Jerry
Director: Joseph Barbera, William Hannah, and Chuck Jones
Lead Actors: Joseph Barbera (Tom) and William Hanna (Jerry)
Released:1932
Genre: Animation, television show
Ever wondered what it would be like to be chased by someone your whole life? Constantly being on the run? Tom and Jerry has been known for hilarious skits. This show is muted with minimal talking, but has a lot of sound effects and music. The cat and mouse duo is ironic. Tom tries to get the mouse all throughout the episodes, but he can never catch him. Tom is faced with a lot of challenging methods in order to capture the mouse. Jerry on the other hand, is quite hard to catch with his quick wits. Will Tom the cat eventually catch Jerry? Or will something else come out of this weird friendly relationship?
Since this is a television show, its hard to discuss all of the episodes and seasons in one blog. Most of the episodes starts with Jerry provoking Tom, making Tom hatch a plan on how to get Jerry back. Tom is rarely successful when he does catch Jerry because he likes to take his time, when trying to eat him. Although, that doesn’t stop Jerry from getting away from Tom. Throughout these episodes, you can see a close bond coming between them. No matter how many times they try to hurt each other, or even Tom trying to eat Jerry, their connection always grows in these episodes. For example if one is sad, the other will try to cheer the other one up. These episodes only come in a great awhile. Most of the episodes deals with them trying to sabotage one another. For example, when their owner shows up in the episode, Jerry will try everything in his power to get Tom in trouble since the owner doesn’t know Jerry exists. This show is hilarious and worth the watch!
When I was little, I loved this show. I love it even more now. But with this age and generation a lot of people are sacred of what Tom and Jerry can have on little kids’ minds today. I personally believe that this show has a lot of life lessons hidden. For example, there’s always going to be curve balls throwing your way. No matter is your big or small, your going to have to find a way to get around it. I believe that this show, shouldn’t be taken seriously. When I was a kid watching this show, I knew that it was so unrealistic that I should’t even try to attempt it on my sister. I knew that I would get in big trouble if I would’ve tried anything that they did. Overall, this show always made me think about my sister and I’s relationship. No matter how much we fight, we will always be there for each other. I feel like a lot of people can relate to this. No matter who is by your side, you will always have some type of arguments. But that is just how the relationship begins stronger.
On the other hand of this show, it can be extremely graphic. For example, Jerry the mouse, would use axes to decapitate Tom. A decade ago, people today wouldn’t have an issue with their children watching this, but sadly times have changed. In today’s society their has been a lot of violence, some evidence may include school shootings. A lot of kids now are currently not under control and it could be because of the things they watch and the things they play. Also, a lot of people hate the fact that in some episodes it is known that the show has some racism in it. Some people state that they barely recognized it or even thought that way. As I have been doing some research, I found that there is a conspiracy theory on Tom and Jerry. The theory says that the very last episode of Tom and Jerry is that they committed suicide. Tom was sitting on train tracks and a voice comes on saying, “in a few minutes it will be over, ans foe the first time you’ll be happy.” Then you can hear a train in the background. This is deeper and darker then we could ever imagine. I can see why parents do not think its a good idea to be watching this series, but all I can say, is that its a legacy.
My overall thought about this, is mixed. I do believe that as I was growing up on this show, I have never thought about doing anything violent. On the other hand, I can get why parent’s wouldn’t want their children to see this violent show undercover. I personally, think I would let my children watch this just based on the fact that I watched it growing up too. I guess it just depends on your preference.
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