The Overlord
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Does most animation avoid current events? There are exceptions to this, like South Park and to a lesser degree Family Guy and kinda the Simpsons, but it seems like the vast majority of animation avoids current events, at least after World War II. Outside of something like ''When the Wind Blows'', there was very little animation that talked about the Cold War, GI Joe fought Cobra rather than the Soviets, ditto with the War on Terror in the 2000s. Do you think that is because animation works best through escapism and allegory rather than direct commentary?