Vote tally - Lights... Camera... ACTION!!: A Hollywood Quest
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[X] Defending History and Animation
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[X]Write in: Ladies and Gentlemen of Congress,
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[X] Do your lobbyists have your best interests in mind?
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[X] Defending History and Animation
-[X] "Ladies and gentleman of Congress, I have been called here today to answer the fears and hysteria of reactionary crowd to one of our television shows that was met with heavy popular reception and support. Now, I can understand and sympathize with some of the base fears of our critics, as a father of three I want what's best for my children and for them to grow up into upstanding people. However, the response to such concerns should never be blanket authoritarian censorship with the erasure of the past and disregard for other nation's cultures.
-[X] When Classical Tale was created, it was created with the goal of educating children about the diversity and rich culture and tradition that is spread across our world but so many children will never come into contact with in person. It's a saga of storytelling and the human experience throughout the ages that is meant to inspire the creativity and imagination of those watching and grow as more educated experienced people, mindful of the many different viewpoints and beliefs they may come into contact with as they venture into the greater world.
-[X] In adapting the second season of Classical Tale, our storytellers tried to be as respectful and faithful to the Norse mythology of old to share what generations past were told for a modern audience. If we had sanitized the Canon then it would have lost all its complexities, themes and narrative impact just for the delicate sensitivities of a few.
-[X] The violence present is not meant for shock value or to celebrate in the existence of conflict. It's to deliver important messages on heroism, the cycle of life, the nature of good and evil, flaws of humanity, the question of what is right and how to live. Through this, the audience learns of how a culture received such lessons and lived their lives, and can take their personal experiences and grow and learn as people. The violence provides context to the morals and a vehicle for the stories to deliver their impact.
-[X] Some may be uncomfortable at such a presentation and it is their right to dislike or not watch the program. However, their personal objections should not be forced as wholesale censorship in defense of a fantasy that children will never know hardship or experience nuance and complications. The most popular faith in our nation teaches in its most important and sacred belief that the son of God suffered and died on the cross for our sins. Are we to censor Bibles because of such violence? Should children be banned from Churches until they are 18 because the Passion is a violent passage in spite of it being about redemption, sacrifice, and love?
-[X] The themes presented are more complex than traditional animation to be sure, but the reason we tell such stories is because at Dreamworks we recognized that children are intelligent and curious people who deserve to be treated with respect in their entertainment instead of talking down to them as if they have no mind or character of their own or tricking them. The traditional belief in animation from a layman's perspective is that it's kiddy art and not deserving of effort or complexity. Is it not the fact that they are children, the future of our nation, our beloved sons and daughters, that we should endeavor to create and share with them impactful stories of high quality and creativity that will stick with them as they grow older and help them to become wonderful and outstanding individuals?
-[X] Does that mean that we should try and speak about anything and everything to a child? No, there are understandable limits, but it does mean that neither should we treat them as small idiots who cannot understand the difference between reality and fiction. Furthermore, that is something a parent should do, to make them understand what they are watching and which behaviors should be imitated and emulated and what they should abstain and recognize as wrong. Keep the government out of the family home and let parents and children communicate with one another, understand and grow through shared experiences."
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[x] Silver Tongued from the Silver Screen
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