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American Animated Cartoons of the Vietnam Era - A Study of Social Commentary in Films and Television Programs, 1961-1973 (Paperback)
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American Animated Cartoons of the Vietnam Era - A Study of Social Commentary in Films and Television Programs, 1961-1973 (Paperback)
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In the first four years of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War
(1961-64), Hollywood did not dramatize the current military
conflict but rather romanticized earlier ones. Cartoons reflected
only previous trends in U.S. culture, and animators comically but
patriotically remembered the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, and
both World Wars. In the early years of military escalation in
Vietnam, Hollywood was simply not ready to illustrate America's
contemporary radicalism and race relations in live-action or
animated films. But this trend changed when US participation
dramatically increased between 1965 and 1968. In the year of the
Tet Offensive and the killings of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.,
and Senator Robert Kennedy, the violence of the Vietnam War era
caught up with animators. This book discusses the evolution of U.S.
animation from militaristic and violent to liberal and pacifist and
the role of the Vietnam War in this development. The book
chronologically documents theatrical and television cartoon
studios' changing responses to U.S. participation in the Vietnam
War between 1961 and 1973, using as evidence the array of artistic
commentary about the federal government, the armed forces, the
draft, peace negotiations, the counterculture movement, racial
issues, and pacifism produced during this period. The study further
reveals the extent to which cartoon violence served as a barometer
of national sentiment on Vietnam. When many Americans supported the
war in the 1960s, scenes of bombings and gunfire were prevalent in
animated films. As Americans began to favor withdrawal,
militaristic images disappeared from the cartoon. Soon animated
cartoons would serve as enlightening artifacts of Vietnam War-era
ideology. In addition to the assessment of primary film materials,
this book draws upon interviews with people involved in the
production Vietnam-era films. Film critics responding in their
newspaper columns to the era's innovative cartoon sociopolitical
commentary also serve as invaluable references. Three informative
appendices contribute to the work.
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