{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "\u201cwhat were the Goodfeathers segments of Animaniacs about, were kids supposed to recognize these gangster movies\u201d\nI dunno were...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/178104324733/", "html": "<p>\u201cwhat were the Goodfeathers segments of Animaniacs about, were kids supposed to recognize these gangster movies\u201d</p><p>I dunno were the original Looney Tunes kid viewers supposed to recognize the pre-Code Edward G. Robinson \u201cnyaa\u201d gangster movies?</p><p>(like how the Rita &amp; the Runt bits mapped to the way Looney <i>Tunes</i> riffed off famous movie musicals)</p><p>The whole point of Spielberg (here a producer/\u201cpresenter\u201d thru Amblin, following Tiny Toons) was reactionary, he recasted his 50s childhood compatible with 80s-90s adulthood</p><p>You know who saw that and tried to <i>live up</i> to the promise, to use animation to reconcile musicals and Hollywood tradition and everything to the real post-Reagan culture?</p><p><b>Seth McFarlane</b></p>"}