In 1988, a complaint was raised on a children’s show called The Bugs Bunny and Tweety (Bewitched Bunny), aired on CIII-TV at 5pm on the grounds that it violated the sex-role portrayal code (Lisosky, 2001). It was a children’s show that highly resembled Hansel and Gretel where Bugs Bunny intervened and allowed the children to escape but, in so doing, he upset the witch who resolved to have him for dinner instead. A chase ensued and the heroic hare narrowly escaped death by using a bag of “Magic Powder” as a type of grenade. The bag exploded on impact and out of the cloud of dust emerged a beautiful female rabbit. Bugs Bunny, smitten by this newly incarnated female, took her by the arm as they walked into the “happily ever after” (ACTRA, 2009).
The issue however was on the last remarks of Bug as they walked away for he said, “Ah sure, I know! But aren’t they all witches inside?” The complainant felt as though the cartoon was …show more content…
According to the complainant, it was too violent for children. Power Rangers Wild Force was a live action program that featured a group of young people, generally five or six, with the ability to transform themselves into superheroes to battle the forces of evil (Tate, 2007). In order to perform this transformation, they called upon the magic of a group of robotic animals. In each episode, the group encountered an Org and would morph into their superhero characters to fight it. When martial arts-style throwing, kicking and punching did not destroy the Org, The Power Rangers employed fantastical laser weapons such as the “jungle-sword” or “bear-blasters”. After a fierce battle, they succeeded in destroying the Org, usually in a fiery explosion. These hostile antics were customarily accompanied by some pro-social message in each episode, which emphasized values such as working together or protecting the environment (Dakroury,
The issue however was on the last remarks of Bug as they walked away for he said, “Ah sure, I know! But aren’t they all witches inside?” The complainant felt as though the cartoon was …show more content…
According to the complainant, it was too violent for children. Power Rangers Wild Force was a live action program that featured a group of young people, generally five or six, with the ability to transform themselves into superheroes to battle the forces of evil (Tate, 2007). In order to perform this transformation, they called upon the magic of a group of robotic animals. In each episode, the group encountered an Org and would morph into their superhero characters to fight it. When martial arts-style throwing, kicking and punching did not destroy the Org, The Power Rangers employed fantastical laser weapons such as the “jungle-sword” or “bear-blasters”. After a fierce battle, they succeeded in destroying the Org, usually in a fiery explosion. These hostile antics were customarily accompanied by some pro-social message in each episode, which emphasized values such as working together or protecting the environment (Dakroury,