cartoons
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Disney Is Doing An Animated TV Reboot Of The Rocketeer With A New, Female Hero
A couple of years ago, we heard Disney was pulling together a script for a long-awaited cinematic return to its cult classic The Rocketeer, with an African-American woman in the titular role. But now the company has officially unveiled a separate reboot – except this one is a Disney Junior series.
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YouTube Says It Will Crack Down On All Those Creepy Videos Targeted At Or Featuring Kids
Google, along with fellow tech giants such as Amazon, Facebook and Twitter, has drawn increasing scrutiny this year over concerns that its “concentrated authority resembles the divine right of kings,” as the New York Times put it. In recent months, it’s faced stumbling blocks when it returned misinformation and conspiracy theories during crises such as…
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A Brief History Of Hiding Dicks In Cartoons
Earlier this week, an episode of Netflix’s children cartoon Maya the Bee was pulled after a hidden phallus was discovered by an angry parent. Now, the studio behind the cartoon looks to be pursuing charges against the penis-drawing artist. But in truth, sneaking dicks and other sex jokes into cartoons is weirdly long-standing animation tradition.
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There Are A Lot Of Reasons That So Many Cartoon Characters Are Yellow
Why are so many iconic animated characters yellow? The answer lies in random personal choices, scientific and marketing theory, as well as the colour of the sky.