The series was meant to be kind of a serial with Jonny facing danger in exotic locations like Indiana Jones later did in a similar fashion. What does make Jonny Quest watchable is what it is attempting to do. He’s a snake charmer and knows levitation…it is hard to justify the portrayal today.
Hadji practices his native culture but it is a stereotype. Quest (in general) treats him like a son and like Jonny (he adopts him after Hadji saves his life in India), but there is still an uneven presentation. Hadji is both a problem and a positive model. They have bad voice acting that plays up their foreign clichés (especially Asian characters). In addition to the white savior, the characters are often presented as stereotypes. I shall fool foolish natives into believing I’m their god…and I’m trying out for the Blue Man Group It is insulting, but despite this, Quest often treats the cultures correctly and accepts beliefs of those in the culture…it is generally treated uneven, but it is there sometimes. The Quest meet the foreigners, fix things, and move on…the people can’t even determine that people are dressing up like yetis without the Quests’ help. Quest is often called in to save people from the dangers that only he can solve. If it isn’t a scientific investigation, Dr. The series has a white savior motif for most of the episodes. Jonny Quest is still a great series, but it has to be taken in the context of the time it was created and the style in which it is mimicking. Over the years, Jonny has become a little un-PC…and difficult (I can remember that in the 1990s, they talked about it not airing again on regular TV). It was a series that was a bit scary, a bit more adult, and full of adventure…something a kid would love. I can remember watching the show and loving it. Because you have to have a goofy dog that causes 90% of the problems…Įven fifteen years after Jonny Quest originally aired, it aired regularly.
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