Tom Jerry [ 95% BEST ]

When you watch today, it is important to view it as a product of its time—beautiful and creative, but also flawed and sometimes offensive.

A child watching Tom set a spring-loaded mousetrap knows that the payoff (the trap snapping Tom’s finger) won’t happen for another 45 seconds. In that 45 seconds, the child learns suspense and causality . The music swells, Tom smirks, sweat drips off Jerry’s brow. This is visual literacy. Tom Jerry