Including a Tom and Jerry mug while we meet Wendy and Danny is an interesting choice.
It’s a show that had more relevance when The Shining was filmed, but it’s a cartoon from the 1940’s centered around a rivalry between a cat and mouse.
As The Shining plays out and we’ve got Jack sabotaging the radio and the snowcat and multiple chase scenes, the inclusion of the cartoon “enemies” becomes really clear.
It’s at once a reference to American Culture, American History as a cat and mouse game, and Domestic violence.
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Violence in children’s programming: the Tom and Jerry mug.
American History & American Culture
Combining the Native American banding, the predator and prey in Tom and Jerry, and the red, white, and blue color palette creates a sentence of cultural violence.
Going somewhere different for the sake of a better life.