Uzbek authorities protect childhood: Tom&Jerry, Mickey Mouse and Simpsons cursed for ‘violence’ and ‘negative pressure’ (!)
Culture and History, Media and Internet, Uzbekistan9 Comments
After journalists of Yoshlar TV (”Youngsters TV”) channel, which is a tool of official propaganda with young generation, aired a documentary entitled “Melody and Calamity” on February 21 condemning rock and rap music and calling them “satanic,” there colleagues from printing editions issued in the country have started a massive attack on foreign/western-made cartoons and animated movies, available on cable television.
Different newspapers, including Tashkentskaya Pravda, Tasvir, Mahalla, Turkiston, the main newspaper sources of propaganda, urge parents to pay more attention to what their children watch, make sure nothing immoral goes into kids’ young and unstable minds. Classic!
The next “step” in demonizing canrtoons and everything that has to do with childhood was an article at UzA National Information Agency’s website entitled “Cartoons and Parenting.” That lengthy article talks about ways Western entertainment industry creates characters out of animals that are not common to our kids’ understanding: mice and rats are imposed as friends, for example.
While calling “Lion King,” “Spirit” cartoons perfect examples of how cartoons should be, “Tom and Jerry,” “Mickey Mouse,” “Stuart Little” were called sources of playfulness and violence.
Japanese “Sailor Moon” and “Pokémon,” American “Simpsons” and “Woody Woodpacker” bring to “a definite negative pressure on young generation’s minds” (!). According to the authors of publication, achieving one’s goals by any means, disrespect to parents and elderly people conflict with our national traditions.” Stop guys! Cartoons is not an ideological tool to make kids think, seriously. They aim to make kids laugh and enjoy their lives. No?
Those who wrote that piece would definitely disagree with me, even president already did by emphasizing that:
“Sometimes in simple music, ordinary cartoon or an advertisement some ideological goals are enclosed.”
Whatever he is, this guys has got serious mental issues.
And the last piece of marasmus belongs to — tada! — Milliy Tiklanish (National Revival) newspaper of the Uzbekistan National Revival Democratic Party for “The “drawings” on arms, or Alien viruses threatening our traditional values,” a large article that talks about body art as one of the types of the so-called “mass culture.”
Well, yeah, what else can one expect from a party that has nothing to do with real state of affairs in Uzbekistan but advocate for a cultural conservativism proudly highlighted as one of its ideologies?
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sad and funny:)
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Well, objectively speaking, they are not wrong when they point at the social degeneration and idiotism caused by global pop culture in Uzbekistan and elsewhere.
Where it becomes interesting is, when you see the contrast between the regular hickups of offical national-conservatism and worrying about ‘traditional values’ on one hand, and the outright depravity of certain key persons in the regime (e.g. GooGoosha) and much of the regime-connected золотая молодёжь in Tashkent on the other.
In my opinion, this sort of moralist and traditionalist moves from the regime or groups close to it is a move to anticipate on the increasing influence of Islam in society. They know that Islam can not be stopped, and therefore they try to bring up their own national-conservatism.
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