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Animated Enemies with James Forsher
Propaganda with a chuckle
The U.S. government learned how powerful motion pictures can be as a tool for persuasion as far back as the Spanish American War. Over the past century, films were enlisted to help sway audiences, especially during wartime. This is all chronicled in Animated Enemy, which focuses on a select group of cartoons that were created to de-humanize Japanese, Italians, Germans, and other enemies while never losing the wild antics American cartoons are famous for. This presentation features a wide range of famous and infamous animated moments that were guaranteed to make one laugh while beating up, blowing up, and blasting away our various combatants.
About James Forsher
Dr. Forsher is an Associate Professor of Communication at Seattle University. Dr. Forsher’s career includes the production of more than 100 nationally-aired documentaries focusing on film history, including the 26-part Hollywood Chronicles for the Discovery Channel, Hollywood Censorship Wars for the A & E Time Machine series, and feature length specials Hollywood Uncensored and Hollywood Ghost Stories that both aired on Cinemax. He is also a collector of all types of motion pictures and over the past 30 years has amassed approximately 3,000 titles.
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