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How 1990s Nickelodeon Cartoons Got Grotesque

by Eva Grandoni • February 10, 2026 • 0 Comments

A cat removing pus from an infected toenail. A wallaby shaved by a ceiling fan. A monster licking a mysterious blue goo with its hairy tongue. In the 1990s, the American television channel Nickelodeon drew on the exaggerated animation and…

by Geoffrey Beatty • November 22, 2021 • 0 Comments

The episode of the Netflix anthology series Love, Death, and Robots (2019-2021) titled “Snow in the Desert” follows a white-haired, middle-aged man named Snow as he traverses a dangerous alien landscape, pursued by human and alien bounty hunters. In a…

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Tag Archive for humor

How 1990s Nickelodeon Cartoons Got Grotesque

by Eva Grandoni • February 10, 2026 • 0 Comments

Laugh, Cheer, or Recoil? The Depiction of Physical violence in the Netflix Animated Anthology “Love, Death, and Robots”

by Geoffrey Beatty • November 22, 2021 • 0 Comments