The poll is in…with two results as I write this. I’m not sure why I have such a problem with audience participation but what can I do? No, really, what can I do?
But while this isn’t Wertham related it is tangentially connected to comics, so it’s not a total withdrawal. Longtime BW readers know that I love a good intro. A good intro sells the show to curious people coming across the new episode but not familiar to the series. It also draws you into the world that the show is creating, especially important the further from the real world you get. I have an article series dedicated to the best and worst intros I know. That’s why it disappointed me to learn that Netflix had a “skip intro” option now.
My fellow former Reviewers Unknown colleague Chris “Rowdy C” Moore was surprised to see Netflix asking him if he wanted to skip the intro for Animaniacs, which he thought was silly. One of the responders to his Facebook posting suggested it was a response to users who thought the intro to Marvel’s Iron Fist was too long and complained to Netflix about it. So of course I had to check this out. With modern TV shows (or streaming shows like Netflix originals) putting out a lot of weak intros lately could they have a point? Well….
Chapter By Chapter Special: Seduction Of The Innocent ch. 6 part 3
I know kids are impressionable but what impresses them and inspires them are as different as…well, kids. Not all kids are into the same thing just like not all adults have the same interests, which is a benefit to the species as a whole. It’s how we have advancements as varied as airplanes and air conditioners, various kinds of arts, and numerous recipes for every possible taste bud. Variety isn’t just the spice of life, it’s essential for humanity to progress.
It’s the way Dr. Wertham is portraying the more graphic comics as well as slams against the entire medium that makes it hard to agree on the points that he’s right, because he then takes it too far and the end result is that he comes off to modern comic fans as going overboard and being some kind of kook. Wertham is pushing all these horrible tales of crimes committed by kids and teens and blaming comics not as the inspiration but the source of why these kids are behaving as they are, despite numerous other things going on in the 1950s, especially in the cities.
Read along with me because there is more to go through in this chapter as Wonder Woman continues to be blamed, and oddly the bondage stuff isn’t what’s bothering him.
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Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on July 19, 2017 in Comic Spotlight, Seduction Of The Innocent and tagged book review, Chapter By Chapter, commentary, Dr. Fredric Wertham, Seduction Of The Innocent, Wonder Woman.
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