Week 2

I've always had fond memories of the Tintin series as a child, although I don't quite remember Blue Lotus. The exotic nature of Tintin always appealed to me and helped to create a world that visually was always very captivating. The Blue Lotus plays on stereotypical views of the eastern world to create a visual landscape that is both alluring and dangerous.

It's much easier to bypass the racial elements of Tintin because you  can tend to read comic books in a very passé way. This casual attitude is representative of the less PC time that book was created, and existed in. But once you start to analyze the narrative and studied the pictures more carefully you start to realize how Tintin's narrative relies so heavily  on racial stereotypes and the such.

As a child I didn't absorb those elements of the Tintin comic books, but how can one tell wether the racial attitudes haven't infiltrated through? But going back to the comics at this age and with a much larger cultural awareness the racial elements are much more glaring. It does pose the question about the suitability of texts like these for children and how racist stereotypes are instilled from such a young age.