Tom and Jerry are always violent...everyone knows that. However, this kind of violence I found disturbing. I am fine with 2 anthropomorphized animals hitting each other with mallets and anvils...but to watch a human strangle Tom after he was being tortured by Jerry? no. That's too much. The Gene Deitch (spelling) shorts are all terrible. They have humans being cruel to Tom non stop...usually after Jerry does something terrible to him to start. The old H B shorts had them switch who was the aggressor and they both got licks in. The Deitch ones are 100% one sided in that Jerry is always the aggressor and Tom never gets his own licks in because that "owner" of his would always grab him the second he catches up to Jerry and starts to mercilessly beat him. The worst part was when Tom pleads for his owner not to hurt him and he, without a seconds thought, beats him. It's really awkward to watch...to bad my son can't get enough of Tom and Jerry and I have to be in the same room as this and the other Deitch shorts on a daily basis.
