Indeed, likewise the mismatched 'siblings' Cow and
Chicken (in the Cartoon Network series "Cow and
Chicken") feature parents which are similarly featured
from the waist down.
Moreover, in John Kricfalusi's cult animation series
"Ren and Stimpy" the eponymous pair are shown with
parents in a few episodes with exactly the same device
in place -- suggesting to me that both series (in that
they are made by 'marginal' animation studios)
consciously refer to the devices of the original chuck
jones (Warner Bros) Tom and Jerry cartoons.
But, whereas Chuck's cartoon oriented down to a
child's eye level to presumably connect with the child
target audience through POV, the case is different
with more recent series like Cow and Chicken which
reiterate Jones's device.
With "Cow.." amd "Ren.." I suspect the child POV
device is used to delibarately satirise the notion of
a 'target audience' -- since both series (especially
Kricfalusi's) are notably adult in their address.
Kricfalusi's Ren and Stimpy, as well as his entire
'Spumco productions' output, directly confront the
50's american TV ideology of childrens entertainment.
David Surman
Animation Studies Lecturer
International Film School of Wales
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