Here's the thing about India.....everyone loves Tom and Jerry. Personally, I'm a Looney Tunes guy. I don't really understand how one is non-existant here and another can pervade the very fabric of the culture. If you're thinking to yourself, "But....aren't they both pretty much the same thing?" then I say to you, "please. Don't be so foolish."
I guess there's a market here from a cat and a mouse that just doesn't buy in to a talking rabbit and duck. Its too out of the ordinary. Indians are very serious. No time for that lutocracy.
Tom and Jerry plays all the time on the TV's in the metro station. Generally the programming is a combination of infomercials, 5 minute segments of celebrity gossip shows, and Tom and Jerry. The other day as I was watching, I looked back and realized there was a crowd of about 30 behind me, watching the TV very intently. At one point Jerry, in his struggle to get away, ran around the corner and held out an anvil on the other side. Tom came sprinting around the corner, ran into the anvil, and his head completely flattened....And everybody cracked up. Grown men on their way to work. They love it so much.
I guess there's a market here from a cat and a mouse that just doesn't buy in to a talking rabbit and duck. Its too out of the ordinary. Indians are very serious. No time for that lutocracy.
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