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Remember when classic cartoons were considered good family entertainment? That was before uptight parents condemned politically incorrect Bugs Bunny episodes and Wile E. Coyote’s promotion of violence. Yeah, because a cartoon canine blasting an animated roadrunner with TNT will clearly damage your kid’s fragile psyche. But American Dad and Gossip Girls remain as family-hour favorites. Cough.
“Censorship, I believe, is the most dangerous enemy to all human communication,” said the late Oscar-winning Bugs Bunny creator Chuck Jones, who had one cartoon banned from television for decades for being too “racy.”
See Jones’s work – including fine art portraits, drawings, and animation cels of his famous characters – in the “Chuck Amuck: A Legacy of Laughter” exhibit. The event includes a memorabilia display with awards, scripts, and the cartoonist’s actual desk.
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