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This is one of the very few shorts in which Jerry is not an antagonist, instead he is extremely sympathetic to Tom's plight and even tries to stop or intervene to the point of saving the cat's life. Overall, it's futile, but it shows a rare moment of pity towards a character that a lot of fans feel usually goes out of his way to provoke Tom into harming himself or others. In this cartoon, Butch serves as the main antagonist of it.
The short is often praised as very realistic, and its gloomy tone has won praise for not editing the very bleak situation Tom gets himself into. Although he begins \"drinking\", his beverage is milk instead of alcohol, although it apparently has the same effect; he tries to commit suicide twice, once passively (saved by Jerry at the last minute) and finally at the train tracks with a similarly broken-hearted Jerry next to him. Both alcoholism and suicide are often taboo subjects and both are never mentioned or represented in modern American animation, since most modern American animation is catered to younger audiences, but Tom and Jerry are targeted to audiences of children, teenagers and adults. |
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