tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349274489320343637.post4382014865330235356..comments2023-03-26T05:46:01.356-07:00Comments on Women in the Media: Communist Sterotypes in Penguins of MadagascarSam Federhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07526776423792966430noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349274489320343637.post-65802969424405515102012-05-01T12:23:30.688-07:002012-05-01T12:23:30.688-07:00I am a little confused. Is this about the American...I am a little confused. Is this about the American television show Penguins of Madagascar on Nickelodeon? Because I will admit that I watch the Nickelodeon show and I do not see on the American show a representation of Communism. The show that I believe is communism is The Smurfs. <br />The American Version does not have penguins that are simliar to Gus. However, from what you have posted I do see the lingering Communist values and representation. For those who still believe in Comunism the best way would be to teach it to the youth, through loveable characters.Renniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12873086053911693570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349274489320343637.post-1195446176874095882012-04-03T12:31:15.182-07:002012-04-03T12:31:15.182-07:00It seems pretty clear to me that the character you...It seems pretty clear to me that the character you describe is a pure stereotype of the Russian worker, which comes straight out of fifty-year-old anti-Soviet Cold War propaganda. <br /><br /> It would appear that on American television programs the oafish, inarticulate character always comes from a group labelled as "other" within US society. To answer your question, the "driving force" behind the widespread use of stereotypical depictions of so-called outsiders maintains the current power dynamic and helps the Majority (dominant white class)to feel superior. In an increasingly politically-correct age, perhaps the "other" in children's cartoons is less often African Americans or other minorities, but immigrants instead.NoraEgloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10749228439293358338noreply@blogger.com