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The cartoons of childhood

Tom and Jerry was a creation of Gene Deicht, from Checolslovaquia. But
this caricaturist was not so successful at the beginning. In fact, he
seemed to hate his work and for that reason, the first thirteen chapters
of these cartoons clearly demonstrate the psychological state of the
author. And this was because he did not like the concept of the program at
all and drew with the intention that they would not please the audience
either.
Because of his hatred for the impositions he suffered from his superiors,
he added a lot of violence to his cartoons and even went so far as to
create a chapter that is censored and hidden today. The episode is
entitled “Tom’s Basement”. Everything is presented in the typical house
of Tom and Jerry, but the owner was a grumpy fat, violent with animals
because he mistreated Tom in a sadistic way.
Jerry appears as a devilish mouse, coming out of a cave. When Tom
notices his presence, he pursues him throughout the house, but when he
stumbles upon the owner, he beats him with a stick, until Tom is left
bleeding and with a broken leg. The owner was forbidden to the cat to
leave the basement and beat him brutally every time he did.
Jerry provoked him to suffer the consequences of chasing him around
the house, to the point where Tom begged him not to bother him
anymore, but the mouse showed his devilish face and pushed him towards
the basement door.
Again, the man was furious with Tom, but this time he made some loud
insults. But Jerry when observing what happened, decided to help
Tom and with a knife he stabbed the owner in one leg and killed him.
Then they threw the corpse down the basement stairs. There were also
many more decomposing bodies. Jerry and Tom shook hands as if
everything had turned out a success. Then, Jerry’s face turned back into
diabolic and with an enveloping voice he said: “do not believe it” and
finally, he killed the cat with the knife and in a pile, he threw his body.
The chapter closes with Jerry nailing a sign to the entrance of the house
that said: “for Sale”, with the purpose of doing it again.

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