What do you think about animation’s respectability politics?
Oh man oh man where to begin with this Good one, this topic might make me emotional, Nostalgic, and transparent.
Now, I'll try to articulate as much as possible, cause there's a lot going on with today's society and how we Poc or Bipoc Are seen.
(Meaning People of Color & Black Indigenous People of color.)
This will not only affect my way or others' views of today's media from the 80s and today's 2000s cause as a person born in the 90s.
i have alot to say on how we come along way from today's media, watching all forms of animation, be it episodic or story-driven shows, of every genre, but theres one topic no one dont want to open about is how we see each other in forms of media so where gonna get donw to the first years of my life and how it effected me
The Raging 80s & 90s (The open space for resolving politics & steppingstone to cultural appreciation.)
This was the pinnacale of golden age animation that trailblazed so many ideas, great shows and driven packed series & francshies, i feel this was a excellent time to see.Which had very provactive engaging storytelling made up for it,
(without the whole lgbt themes getting in the way be it good or bad we'll get to that soon.)
however There were certain times we never had premoninet characters, main main characters if you will, never gained any limelinght or just a magic or Token black being a side piece or disposable best friend without reasonnig leaving the show,
(Disney shows im looking at you with a bomb bastic SIDE EYES later on.)
that are underused to a degree in 80s animation which atsome point were depicted good.
(exception of kid n play show in the 90s being a prominent cast of colorful cast & movie series or fat albert being a first main character howver he has at times can promote harmful stereotypes.)
check out this beautiful empowerment article
Despite the success of features like "Soul," Black animators and other POC push for more
but anything girl theme like jem from the 80s where i saw shana was ago to for black girl empowerment.
but however we have 90s example had harmful ones done in the most gaudy ways say example family matters urkel, & Great Exhibits of good poc rep Like Storm From Xmen,
may i say it was a truly a good time to be beautiful in my own skin and how to love yourself if you saw yourself in said character in your favorite show, where you had so much freedom seeing black people be powerful yet building the road for beautiful melanin folk to rise being happy in there skin.
Now for the dark days of todays
Todays depiction of black media 2000s So on THE DARK DAYS but theres light
with black animators and viewers finally seeing the great stamp that shows our culture being on televison shows put into media set the tone and bar in todays media but,
This is the years wear we as people have been see or degraded in the disrespected, from black face on youtubers to freaking damn controversys on stars wars casting its first black warrior along the african ariel debuncle ( which i find stupid)
I feel in todays media they really dumb down our self worth to try to make a profit off our culture, seeing it done beforehand on animation
YOU GUESS IT DISNEY (which understandable they had there controversys coming,)
which there some shows that show good represnetation with bad and flawed stories that dont paced well or just written in the white eyes for the audience, cause in todays world anything can be fixed with lgbt themes at the cause of proper stories to for the sake of appealing for profit, out of our pockets. so i feel todays media run these types of steroetypes to filth 247 in media.
heres a the gloriyfied tropes they try to depct on us that are harmful to this day everyone even social meda and tiktok
Congratulations, you’re writing a story with a diverse set of characters. This is a great thing and needs to be supported. A fear of politic
At the point i feel theres alot of work for todays future animators, creators to have better inclusion and open minded options to appease to other viewrs and true fans of great storytelling to tell for generations
But it have been great positive lgbt tropes which sometimes can make or break a show
Article here
Insider found LGBTQ characters of color are receiving disparate treatment in animation. It mirrors how creatives of color are being treated
Hope this answers all Thanks from The Daystar Voyage
Also DISNEY NEEDS TO BE BLACK OWNED ONE DAY LOL
