Cartoons and black humor

Cartoons is not something only for children, today introduced several
cartoons with adult themes, such cartoons are full of black humor.
Black humor is a subgenus of humor that uses situations, often macabre
or morbid nature, to laugh or amuse the public less likely. Among the
themes depicted by the black humor is death, suicide, the ethnic and
racial prejudice, disease, violence and sexual orientation, among
others.
Today the best known cartoons with blach humor are:
Happy Tree Friends: This cartoon is famous for its extreme violence
nonsense, with bloody and brutal deaths.
Each episode begins with a photo album, showing the characters and
then giving the characters who will star in this episode and showing a
sentence-play with any moral significance, such as: Wash behind your
ears! and Do not bite off more than you can chew!
South Park: it is a cartoon whose essence is a critique of North
American society. The design was created by Matt Stone and Trey Parker
and since its inception in 1997. The series is happening in the small
fictional town of ice and South Park, Colorado, and stars and four
boys who speak bad words all the time.
Family Guy: this is a sitcom of North American animation created by
Seth MacFarlane for FOX in 1999. The sense of humor of Family Guy is
characterized by flashbacks that occur during the most grotesque and
unexpected moments.
The Simpsons: is a cartoons for television that depicts the day-to-day
of an American family. The program is critical to human behavior,
society and the American way of life. Despite its black humor this
cartoon is also very popular among children

By: Luisa Lopes de Souza


Bibliography:
http://pt.wikipedia.org.
http://www.guiadasemana.com.br/Rio_de_Janeiro/Estilo/Noticia/Desenhos_para_maiores.aspx?id=54786
http://gattune.blog.br/happy-tree-friends-humor-tragico-de-desenhos-animados/