Invisible Narrative of Scooby Doo
Have you ever watched Scooby Doo? I mean, really watched it?
If you have, then you’ve probably been as confused as I have been.
So I
remember that it was a very fun famous cartoon show that made me feel constantly
detective, because this cartoon for me, just was a cartoon that resolves
mysteries based on monsters, but this really was? As I was growing up I start
to analyze the real story, so my first though was, “how a human can talk with a
dog?” so it become more controversial for me what Fred, Shaggy, Daphne, Velma, and
Scooby were actually doing as they traversed the continent foiling crimes of
all sorts in the Mystery Machine.
Usually a standard Scooby Doo episode starts with the gang driving
somewhere. And a monster appears, though not usually where anyone can see
it. Instead, it lurks in the shadows, growling and hissing and generally
acting monster-iffy. But these were the main idea of each episode? So It was
the really message that they went shared us? WRONG! Why? Because this is just a
hidden message of the reality from youth in the United States. The reality is that Scooby Doo characters were four young students and a
dog addicts to drugs. The mysteries that
they need to resolve were the hallucinations caused by the drugs.
Probably they seen monsters but it was the drugs effects because at the
end of each episode they discovered that these monsters were people. It means
that the society were monsters, while they were high.
On the other hand Scooby Doo cartoon show had physical important aspects
for each character:Ø
Shaggy is a hippie obviously a 'burner', he smokes marijuana. Why do you
think he is constantly hungry? Shaggy can make a six-foot hoagie and swallow it
whole.
Ø Velma is the ugly smart of the group.
Ø Velma is the ugly smart of the group.
So these characters describes racial stereotypes because the clothes of
a drug addict is not necessarily hippie as Shaggy dressed; while Fred and
Daphne, both were “cuties and popular” because they were white, Velma was the
opposite of them, she was really smart, but ugly.
Although the cartoon is fun it promotes stereotypes and a dark message
to our children, since 90’s to 2000’s the bullying increases in schools and in
the community because we judge to people as how they looks like and we don’t
see the invisible narrative that: cartoons, movies, series, etc. promote us.
However, Scooby Doo still being the favorite cartoons for all ages.
You have a great choice of topic and I liked that you wrote in an authentic voice, but I would have liked to see more analysis of the invisible narratives here.
ReplyDeleteYour analysis of Scooby-Doo seemed very interesting and I never knew that Scooby-Doo had an association with drugs. I really liked it.
ReplyDeleteI was so amused by this post. I feel as though in the beginning you made it seem like all of the characters were stoners, but in the end you addressed that only 2 of the characters were, and the rest of the characters were just portraying other stereotypes in our society. Although overall I really enjoyed this. Simple, straight to the point, and an interseting topic.
ReplyDeleteThis was an very interesting and fun invisible narrative to cover. I honestly did not know that there was any hidden narrative behind this show however this made me realize if there are other cartoons out there that have a similar message or invisible narrative as this show. This was a very interesting topic and was very straightforward and on to the point. What I really want to know is, how do you know this?
ReplyDeleteYour analysis of Scooby-Doo seemed very interesting and I never knew that Scooby-Doo had an association with drugs. I really liked it. As a child watching these cartoons, we tend to never think about how these characters can shape the way we think or see other people based on these cartoons. You did a great analysis with the characters but I felt that you should explain more,
ReplyDeleteGreat way of talking about the show. I enjoyed the cartoon when I was a little kid. But I think you need a little more of analysis of the cartoon like why do you think the characters are really like that?
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy what you said. I never thought that they was always high I mean I only thought it was a way to get people attention but I feel like you should of talk about invisible narratives.
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