Deborah Lewis

***How about the Bugs Bunny, Barber of Seville one, ***

Dylan can recognize Rossini and Wagner almost instantly anywhere he hears
them and that started with Bugs Bunny. Not just the pieces used in
cartoons but pieces from other works as well.

Bugs Bunny led to Wagner, led to operas, led to Vikings, led to Valhalla,
led to Mythology, led to religion...

The Simpsons bit (spoofing) the Bill on Capital Hill ( flag burners
have too much freedom) led to the still ongoing discussions of flag
burning as freedom of speech, which led to discussions on political
protest which led to the ever popular discussions on civil disobedience,
which led to the reading of "Civil Disobedience" by Thoreau, which led to
"Walden."

Those are a few examples I easily remember but there's been endless
learning from cartoons. There have been so many connections to great
movies and literature and music. I'm always surprised to hear people
say they don't see value in cartoons. Cartoons for the sake of humor
have been a delight to my son. How do you measure the value of joy? If
he never learned anything from them (which is impossible) but they made
him happy that would be enough. They've been an inspiration to Dylan,
who draws cartoons and is designing a set now for a claymation movie he
wants to make.
(Spell check wants to change claymation to cremation, which is a little
creepy, a cremation movie.)

Deb L

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In a message dated 3/23/03 5:27:11 PM, ddzimlew@... writes:

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(Spell check wants to change claymation to cremation, which is a little
creepy, a cremation movie.)
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Smurf Flambé

Cathy Hilde

My daughter, Ali LOVES cartoons as well. Her love affair started when she
about two. She used to watch an English claymation thing called Wallace and
Grommet. Her enjoyment of Looney Tunes, especially the WWII vintage, Tom
and Jerry etc. have provided some amazing conversations around history,
music, lifestyles, politics, society, fashion and much more. We also have a
wonderful time Sunday evenings reading the comics together. It's been an
interesting exercise for me to try to explain current political commentary
or some grownup concepts to her. She totally amazes me when we read Family
Circus and she *gets* all the stuff that the parents are going through. She
can see their perspective, which just amazes me.
I also like having all this humor in our house.
Cathy


>>***How about the Bugs Bunny, Barber of Seville one, ***

Dylan can recognize Rossini and Wagner almost instantly anywhere he hears
them and that started with Bugs Bunny. Not just the pieces used in
cartoons but pieces from other works as well.

Bugs Bunny led to Wagner, led to operas, led to Vikings, led to Valhalla,
led to Mythology, led to religion...

The Simpsons bit (spoofing) the Bill on Capital Hill ( flag burners
have too much freedom) led to the still ongoing discussions of flag
burning as freedom of speech, which led to discussions on political
protest which led to the ever popular discussions on civil disobedience,
which led to the reading of "Civil Disobedience" by Thoreau, which led to
"Walden."

Those are a few examples I easily remember but there's been endless
learning from cartoons. There have been so many connections to great
movies and literature and music. I'm always surprised to hear people
say they don't see value in cartoons. Cartoons for the sake of humor
have been a delight to my son. How do you measure the value of joy? If
he never learned anything from them (which is impossible) but they made
him happy that would be enough. They've been an inspiration to Dylan,
who draws cartoons and is designing a set now for a claymation movie he
wants to make.
(Spell check wants to change claymation to cremation, which is a little
creepy, a cremation movie.)

Deb L >>