Tonight's flamebait debate: Is /The Smurfs/ a sexist cartoon?

[LoZoccolo]

In The Smurfs, Smurfette was created by Gargamel to destroy the smurfs. Does this make it a sexist cartoon?

[Book Lover]

1. It is a stupid-ist cartoon

Sexist, feminist ... it was just dumb. And hideous-looking.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

2. 50,000 male Smurfs and one female, "Smurfette."

I mean, seriously...DO THE MATH.

:evilgrin:

[Zuni]

20. GANG BANG

just kidding.

[Abelman]

3. I say no

Within the context of the show, it is explained at one point that all smurfs are assexual. They aren't born, rather, they are brought to Papa Smurf by the stork. This explains why many display male characteristics, but many also display female characteristics.

If we can surmise that the Smurfs are just dramatic interpretations of the diary of Papa Smurf, it is easy to see that the voices chosen may have been incorrect. Many smurfs may have sounded much more feminine and therefore non-genderless.

[Placebo]

4. Why does the word "smurfs"...

always remind me of marshmallow cereal. The Lucky Charms kind, or that weirdo cereal with alphabet letters and marshmallows.

I have some weird Pavlov's dog type association with THE SMURFS & MARSHMALLOW CEREAL...

Odd.

[Phillycat]

7. Probably cartoons you watched as a kid had the commercials

for the cereal. It's made a permanent connection in your brain, which is scary as fuck and probably makes the ad people at General Mills very, very happy.

[THUNDER HANDS]

5. I always thought it was a communist cartoon

at least, that was what an ex-girlfriend once told me.

[Catch22Dem]

6. She was created by Gargamel?

I didn't know that.

[LoZoccolo]

11. Yes.

http://bluebuddies.com/help/smurfette_created_by_gargamel.htm

[democracy eh]

12. when Gargamel first created her, she had strawy black hair

before Papa Smurf gave her a vitamin enriched dye kit

here is the story of Smurfette




http://bluebuddies.com/help/smurfette_created_by_gargamel.htm


and they say DU is not educational, hah hah hah

[redqueen]

8. YES!

I am outraged!

[Debi]

9. Yes...but

How does that explain the evil anti-smurfette with the black hair? It's all just too deep.!

[LoZoccolo]

10. More information and controversy regarding Smurfette's origins.

http://bluebuddies.com/help/smurfette_created_by_gargamel.htm

- Gargamel's formula for creating Smurfette was "Sugar and spice but nothing nice...A dram of crocodile tears...A peck of brid brain...The tip of an adder's tongue...Half a pack of lies, white, of course...The slyness of a cat...The vanity of a peacock...The chatter of a magpie...The guile of a vixen and the disposition of a shrew...And of course the hardest stone for her heart...."

- Smurfette had black hair and was evil until Papa Smurf transformed her with "plastic smurfery".

[democracy eh]

13. Aw Smurf!

didn't smurf all the way down to your post!

[Debi]

18. Thank you for that answer!

:hi:

[yellowdogintexas]

14. Smurfs are communists, didn't you know. I have to find that link

that I used to have bookmarked two or three computers ago. When I do I promise to post it.

It is really funny.

[LoZoccolo]

16. It might be this one.

http://www.iamlost.com/features/smurfs/commies.shtml

[yellowdogintexas]

17. LOL you beat me to it, I knew somebody on this board would

have that link right at hand.

[yellowdogintexas]

15. OK Smurfs are Communists: here is the link:

http://www.iamlost.com/features/smurfs/commies.shtml

or you can just search. I did Yahoo search on
smurfs as communists.


have fun!!!!!!

[legally blonde]

19. OMG!

The Smurfs WERE communists. :crazy: I will never look at that show the same way again. I just thought it was sexist.

[Lone_Wolf_Moderate]

21. I'd say no, but only by 1980's cartoon standards.

There was a Smurf for every classification or stereotype you could think of, Smurfette is the girl Smurf, Brainy Smurf is the nerd, Painter is the French Smurf, etc. Besides, I loved that show. God, I've said too much, haven't I?