Monday, 9 June 2014

P2. REPRESENTATION AND ETHICS IN CARTOONS

Why does the writer of the article believe Rio 2 is problematic in terms of its representations?
although they did have a conservation-minded theme and mixed cast of White, Latin, American and African-American voice actors.
What are PEPs and why are they an issue for racial representation?
PEP's stand for: Problem Context, Entertainment Context and Performance Contexts, these portray the racial stereotyping in animation. The idea of PEP's, is ethnically backgrounds like black people and other genotypes have to be associated with certain circumstances. common indicators to show racial features are grouped: exoticism  villainy  jocularity and athleticism are the most obvious stereotypes. 

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