When I was little I was convinced there were two worlds- one of "regular" people, like me, and one of the cartoon people. I would watch cartoons on tv and think that the characters were alive and acting just as regular people do. I always wanted to know where they lived and how to gain access to this cartoon world.
A childhood belief about cartoons
others believed things like this
- I thought cartoons were real, I remember asking my mom why there were lines around the "actors" in a cartoon.— Steven Graziano
- I used to think that "cross-eyed" meant that people had X's for eyes, like dead people in cartoons.— Tim
- I used to believe that when I went to movies people were behind the screen acting out the part — Amy
- I used to believe that tv people were tiny famous people that lived inside that box with a window called TV.— Miguel Horacio
- I used to believe people really died in movies. I didnt understand they were just acting.— Justin
- I used to believe that the people who got shot in TV shows where people who wanted to die.Anon