Bewitched Bunny

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…

Bewitched: Sisters at Heart Once upon a time there was a typical American girl, who happened to bump into a typical American boy. She kept bumping into him until one day they decide they had better sit down and talk this over before one of them had an accident. They became good friends and found they had a lot in common. The boy found the girl hard to resist so, he did what any red-blooded American boy would do. He asked her to marry him. They had a typical wedding, they went on a typical…

beliefs and preaching have been questioned by people around the world and even by some Rastafaris. These questions rise from his participation in the capitalistic world. He continued to make and sell his albums on an international scale and therefore was actively involved in capitalism. He also wrote and performed over 200 songs with nearly two–thirds of those songs making references to the Rasta religion. Through his performances he spread the ideas and influences of the Rasta religion to…

Chris Blackwell (1960), and the Federal (1961), Coxsone Dodd’s Studio One (1962), Bob Marley’s Tuff Gong (1965), Lee “Scratch” Perry’s Black Ark (1973) music studios contributed to and supported Bob Marley’s music growth and international success. The music producing studios in Jamaica were as equal in ambition and spirit to Berry Gordy’s Sounds of Motown/Detroit, MI; Satellite/Stax Records of Memphis, Tennessee; Kings Records in James Brown era; Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff’s Sound of…

earliest ways to develop this excitement is talking about the Tooth Fairy’s role in rewarding kids for bravely experiencing natural tooth loss.”(Johnson) Traditions are what makes memories the most sweet. If these myths were abolished, many families wouldn’t have anything to celebrate, and life would be dull and the same. These childhood myths add spice to the everyday life, and they tie families closer. Childhood myths and traditions teach children the power of belief. According to expert Dr.…

1. “In other words, belief is when someone thinks something is reality, true, when they have no absolute verified foundation for their certainty of the truth or realness of something” - Wikipedia. Is there really a god or is it just another fictional character that we are instilled to believe in like Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, or the Easter Bunny. Why is it that we are told there is only one god but other countries can believe in more then one? I can say that, I am not a true believer of…

Hutchinson said, as quietly as she could. ” I tell you it wasn’t fair. You didn’t give him time enough to choose. Everybody saw that”” (p6, para 62). People do not seem to question a tradition, until they disagree with the consequences that come from the customs in which they are under. In addition to the example from The Lottery, there is an aspect of confusion when it comes to Easter. Easter originated as a day to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ, but today is twisted into a holiday…

Dick Hebdige's article "Reggae, Rastas, and Rudies" discusses the formation of West Indian culture within Britian's community. His article focuses on the underground movement of reggae music and how it was used by young blacks to attain a sense of cultural independence. Hebdige briefly highlights the range of subcultures such as "hard mods", skinheads, and spiritual Rastafarians that originated in London in the late 1950's and well into the mid 1960's. He argues that the style of these different…

My favorite image in the museum of bad arts is the one on the left, which is Bob Marley. He was a well-known Rastafarian movement activist and also a world-renowned Reggae Music legend. In light of his strict vegetarian lifestyle, the artist decided to embed the tail of a small mammal on his dreadlocks to project irony to the music legend vegan lifestyle. This seemed somewhat bizarre to me because looking closely at the image; it had me thinking to myself whether that was a piece of fur that was…

This album contained many of the Wailers classics such as “I Shot the Sheriff” and “Get Up, Stand Up”. The Wailers popularity skyrocketed when Eric Clapton covered “I Shot the Sheriff”, which became the number one hit on the United States singles chart. In 1975 the Wailers released their third album, “Natty Dread” which held “Talking Blues”, “No Women No Cry” and “Revolution”. By this time two thirds of the original Wailers, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer, had quit the band to pursue solo careers.…