If man has learned to see and know what really is, he will act in accordance with truth. Epistemology is in itself ethics, and ethics is epistemology.
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| — | Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man (via philosophybits) |
“That’s how life should be, when one person loses heart, the other must have heart and courage enough for both.” – José Saramago, The Cave
A generation is being lied to and manipulated by bad people, and parents can be damn near powerless to stop it. I honestly don’t know what to do, when kids who are raised by their parents to be kind, empathetic, and gentle, are seduced by racists and misogynists.
Not being able to reach your children, when you know they are being manipulated and lied to, is the worst feeling in the world.
“Above all, Tex Avery steered the Warner Bros. house style away from Disney-esque sentimentality and made cartoons that appealed equally to adults, who appreciated Avery’s speed, sarcasm, and irony, and to kids, who liked the nonstop action. Disney’s “cute and cuddly” creatures, under Avery’s guidance, were transformed into unflappable wits like Bugs Bunny, endearing buffoons like Porky Pig, or dazzling crazies like Daffy Duck. Even the classic fairy tale, a market that Disney had cornered, was appropriated by Avery, who made innocent heroines like Red Riding Hood into sexy jazz babes, more than a match for any Wolf. Avery also endeared himself to intellectuals by constantly breaking through the artifice of the cartoon, having characters leap out of the end credits, loudly object to the plot of the cartoon they were starring in, or speak directly to the audience.”
-Gary Morris (Bright Lights Film Journal)
“He wasn’t Bugs without the gags we gave him.”
-Tex Avery
