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To: two134711
Holy shiite. I had no idea. Dexter's off limits in my house from now on.

Got any insight into Jimmy Neutron or The Proud Family?

61 posted on 01/20/2005 12:27:52 PM PST by newgeezer (Just my opinion, of course. Your mileage may vary.)
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To: newgeezer
As far as I've seen, they're ok (my daughter watches them from time to time, too). But I found this article and it's bizarre, to say the least:

http://www.icce.rug.nl/~soundscapes/VOLUME06/Queertoons.html

Queertoons
The dynamics of same-sex desire in the animated cartoon
by Jeffery P. Dennis

On the treshold of the 1950s and 1960s there were many animated cartoons featuring same-sex couples like Hanna-Barbera's famous Yogi Bear and Booboo. The relationships between these characters were always kept vague and unclear. Were they just buddies, relatives or lovers? Taking a long-term view on its history, sociologist Jeffery P. Dennis here describes the presentation of same-sex desire in the animated cartoon, ranging from Bugs Bunny and Yogi Bear, by way of the Smurfs, Ren and Stimpy, Pinky and the Brain and Spongebob Squarepants, to the Simpsons, South Park and Dexter's Laboratory...

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64 posted on 01/20/2005 12:37:07 PM PST by two134711
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