Chuck E. Cheese Transformation

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Another source of influential figures from our childhoods comes from television. Television will include, for the purposes of this paper, advertisements, cartoons, and comedy shows. First, in advertisements, in 1994, Chuck E. Cheese was created as a chubby but healthy looking mouse. This changed in 2012, when Chuck E. Cheese transformed into a slender mouse. Please refer to images 8 and 9 in “Illustrations” to view the two variations. A transformation like this could influence kids into thinking that being a little chubby is not okay and that the only body type that is okay is a slender one. Moving on to cartoons, Disney has been creating princesses for ages, and most of them have the same features: slim but curvy frame, huge eyes, small …show more content…

This isn't to say that being thin is unhealthy, the point is that “thin” is not the only healthy body type. Disney, however, does cast actors and actresses with larger frames, they just aren’t the lead characters. For example, Raini Rodriguez plays a secondary role on “Austin & Ally.” Additionally, Disney has also made a joke about eating disorders on their show “Shake It Up.” On the show, a supermodel says, “I could just eat you up, well, if I ate.” Actress Demi Lovato, a former Disney star who suffered from eating disorders, made a point to attack Disney over this line in the show, and Disney issued an apology statement (Piazza, 2011). If we compare this the storylines of “That’s So Raven,” it is clear how Disney’s motives and influences on children/teens have changed over the years. In the episode “That’s So Not Raven,” Raven models her clothes for a magazine, but when she sees the pictures, she realizes that she has been photoshopped. Raven goes on to confront the magazine about this and express that all bodies are beautiful (CC-BY-SA 1). We can conclude that television has increased its negative influence on children’s body and beauty

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