The technology depicted in "The Jetsons" was pretty advanced, but socially, they were still back in the 1960s: Where's feminism, such as women in the workforce? And same-sex couples?
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Well, most people are idiots with bad taste...so there!
That is because in 1962 those movements had not started. Camelot and the New Frontier did not have such items. Makes me wonder if JFK had not been shot in 1963 if the movements might have been delayed. After all a lot of protests happened because of LBJ and Nixon, not in spite of them. JFK's world was so different than what was to come.
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Jane is only depicted as a housewife throughout. Judy on the other hand did have at least one episode focused around her getting jobs in the 80s incarnation.
Sexuality in the Jetsons is rather limited period. While there's the occasional plot and gag at George/Jane, the most sexual aspect to be found is Judy being boy-crazy, and that's more often played for laughs.
I will resist to go too far into what kind of images of Judy you may find in fan art though. Discover what that has to do with this discussion at your own risk lol.
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Just how dense are you?
It was a children's cartoon made in the 60's. That should answer both of those imbecilic questions.
Agreed! You and I have the two best responses. Can't believe anyone would take such a moronic question seriously.
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Actually the 1962-63 episodes were for an adult audience that being why it was a prime time show.
It wasn't until the 80s was it brought back as a children's cartoon.
Actually it is not a children's cartoon. Leave it to U.S.A. to assume Animation = Children.
And The Jetsons did not push for any social reform of any kind. This is The Jetsons, not Star Trek. And even so ... Star Trek pushed for equality, not domination.
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well in 1962, homosexuality was illegal throughout the USA, so they could not show something which was completely illegal on tv. interracial marriage was legal depending on the individual states before 1967.
Re feminism, most of the animators were probably men in 1962. This was prior to civil rights laws, equal pay laws, and pregnancy non-discrimination laws. So they probably had no interest in drawing/imagining another world. The current one suited them just fine.
Seriously, this show is not really about what the 2060s will look like.
It rather is a cartoon version of the 1960s with a lot of futuristic-looking technology.
And a similar thing was going on with "The Flintstones".
It is a cartoon version of the 1960s with a lot of Stone Age-looking technology.
It's called:
- "there are no spoilers in history"
- "science fiction is often a mirror held up to society itself"
Therefore, this was more a mirror to 1960s society than what the future had. Do you really think this cartoon would have gotten anywhere if they'd stuck a bunch of bitchy man-haters in charge of society and had gay characters all over the place? In the 1960s? The concept would have been canned in 5 minutes!