Adventure time is a way of art that can appeal to young viewers in many ways in this modern day of age. This show was created with the intent of being entertaining and insightful in life lessons depicted by this young boy Finn the human who wants to be the greatest hero of Ooo and his best friend Jake the dog who is also Finn’s brother and fights countless battles with each other. This show aired in 2010 which has a value for me because I grew up with this show both me and the main protagonist Finn. A show having the main character being a young boy had a different effect on young viewers such as myself because it was different from other shows at that time. This show also shared life values of being a young also with the emotional feelings that kids have at that time going through life experiences and have the young mindset of having fun and not thinking about consequences.
Throughout the show Finn goes through changes and in the first season it was first insight to his past and shows him as a baby abandoned in the woods. The infectiousness of the show is original because it grows with the views and brings them closer and can express the meaning of being young and just wanting to have fun. The show was one of the best representations of wanting to be the greatest person(Hero) and having morals to everything I do growing up.
The shows clearness can be expressed by the feelings each character has and the deeper connection they have to each other. Adding more characters through the show leans more toward the skill of limitations and I could feel that connection and use that to life by watching and being an adult now. I see what Finn learned and how to use the expression of clearness through Tolstoy’s three values of art.
The sincerity of the show I could see the emotional and meaningful intent the show has on young viewers and also on myself at the time the show was out and how the each episode aired it had the values of a good show and the sincerity of Tolstoy’s definition of art. Tolstoy’s says “To evoke in oneself a feeling one has once experienced, and having evoked it in oneself, then by means of movements, lines, colors, sounds, or forms expressed in words, so to transmit that feeling that others may experience the same feeling – this is the activity of art.” This show probably doesn’t tie in with his definition of art because this being a show could be confusing to him and to his three conditions of what art is.
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I remember watching Adventure Time with my little brother growing up and I can agree that it does teach you life lessons. I think in teaching you these life lessons, Tolstoy’s tests for “good” art are met. Infectiousness in this show can be in the way that you described and I think also in that it reached so many people. The multitude of fans this show has accumulated shows that it is infectious to the viewer. As to the clearness of the show, although I agree with it being infectious, I don’t think there’s a lot of clarity. There is a lot of feeling being transmitted and the show has a wide range of emotions for it’s characters but I think that there is a lot of other stuff going on in the background like jokes and comical drawings, making it hard to focus on the clarity of emotions. And for sincerity, I can agree with you that the show overall tries to convey positive messages to its viewers; I noticed that the show has a wide range of emotions that its young viewers may feel and they then try to relate those feelings to the positive message they are trying to send out. For example: Finn could be sad in an episode and the episode deals with Finn overcoming his sadness.
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I understand where your coming from with the comedy sense. But as a show it has to have that hook to draw in more views and that’s why I stated that Tolstoy might not see it at art but in a way this show has a positive message and draws kids to a better way of thinking. Also knowing yourself personally makes this show good. I feel like most of the episodes have deeper meaning like later in the show they bring a girl version of the show just to appeal to female viewers. Which I thought was a good message towards everyone showing it could be good in every way boy or girl protagonist.
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