One little mommy tattled on Tom and Jerry and you caved, saying, “We have now pledged to view Boomerang's entire library of favorite cartoons and remove all other references that could be seen as glamorizing smoking in all our shows”. You are missing the point. Smoking is glamorous (see picture below). When a cat is doing the smoking, it is equal parts glamorous and hilarious.
You went on to say, “while we appreciate the historic integrity of the animation, the level of editorial justification required for the inclusion of smoking in cartoons is necessarily high.” When you start spewing phrases like “editorial justification” you lose your license to tamper with classic children’s cartoons.
I mean, what parent wouldn’t want their kids to watch a sweet little cartoon about a cat who tries to kill a mouse with poison, axes, dynamite, and firearms? Sure, kids might imitate Jerry sawing Tom in half, but I’m sure you see that as a necessary risk to keep the integrity of the cartoon in tact. Kids need to become desensitized to violence at an early age if they’re going to grow up and buy your video games. They may become serial killers or gangstas, but thanks to you they’re more likely to have clean lungs.
Thanks,
Matt of 2HW
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