Snakeden wrote:I loved the Rugrats specials growing up and thought they were a great kids' intro to Jewish holidays/events. I wouldn't mind at all if modern cartoons brought up different religions now and then--providing there is a reason for them to do so, anyway. A cartoon with humans in a representation of our world would be fine having Christmas; there is, to my knowledge, no Jesus Pony in MLP and therefore no reason to have something called Christmas or talk of mangers and Bethlehem stars or Santas. Changing it to a simple winter holiday was a good move there*; there are multiple winter holidays and there is historical precedent that people stick celebrations in winter as a way to get through the misery of a cold dead season while waiting for spring. And while I'd be okay with some Christian representation, I wouldn't want the existence of religious information in cartoons to only be about Christianity, or to be poorly researched/misinformed representations of non-Christian religions. At that point, the cartoon creators would need to just take all the real world religion back out and try again when they can handle the responsibilities of showcasing multiple kinds of belief systems and doing so correctly.
* I note that I haven't seen MLP before and am going off the one poster's mention, and therefore am assuming they didn't still have the very-clearly-a-Christmas-tree trees and presents and Santa Pony or something. If they did, I'm disappointed.
Twinkle Wish lives on a very-clearly-a-Christmas-tree tree and grants wishes (which can be seen as a metaphor/stand-in for presents), so does that count?
While I'd be okay with some Christian representation, I wouldn't want the existence of religious information in cartoons to only be about Christianity, or to be poorly researched/misinformed representations of non-Christian religions. At that point, the cartoon creators would need to just take all the real world religion back out and try again when they can handle the responsibilities of showcasing multiple kinds of belief systems and doing so correctly
If they could do it correctly in the 1990s and the 2000s, why not now? Quite frankly, I'd take anything. Even some Satanic representation would be nice.