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Tom & Jerry Fans Protest Warner Brothers; DVD/Blu-Ray Episodes w/ Cat & Mouse 'Blacked-Up' Pulled
Daily Mail (U.K.) ^
| 11 August 2013
| Tara Brady
Posted on 08/11/2013 6:00:05 PM PDT by DogByte6RER
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To: DogByte6RER
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posted on
08/11/2013 6:25:18 PM PDT
by
SMGFan
(SMGfan is not "Sub Machine Gun" fan)
To: DogByte6RER
youtube has it.
At a little over one minute we see the maid and she is obviously a 'person of color'. Then a little further to the "blackface minstrel dance" - hilarious!
Tom and Jerry Cartoon Casanova Cat
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posted on
08/11/2013 6:32:00 PM PDT
by
floozy22
To: DogByte6RER
The last T&J collection I bought had Mammy Two-Shoes all over the place. Of course, Whooopi! Goldberg was on hand to inform us all of the racist and insensitive nature of the cartoons and, by extension, Americans of the age.
Who cares. They’re great, great cartoons.
To: DogByte6RER
I’ve always disliked Tom & Jerry, even when I was a child. Whoever created that cartoon must have really hated cats. Tom always got brutalized, and in some of those old episodes he got killed at the end. The guys who created The Simpsons made a nasty satire out of Tom & Jerry called “Itchy & Scratchy”. Now they’re running those old Tom & Jerry cartoons on Boomerang. I never fail to remember to miss them.
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posted on
08/11/2013 6:40:20 PM PDT
by
jespasinthru
(Proud member of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy.)
To: DogByte6RER
Imitation is the are of flattery.
To: DogByte6RER
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posted on
08/11/2013 6:50:38 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
To: jespasinthru
I have the complete opposite take. I would DVR Tom & Jerry every day on Boomerang. Tex Avery was truly the King of Cartoons.
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posted on
08/11/2013 6:54:46 PM PDT
by
Rodamala
To: dead
In Soviet Russia, every time a new regime came to power, the party would change all of the history books. Sound vaguely familiar?
The new US History textbooks should be titled: “America: Our Changing Past”.
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posted on
08/11/2013 6:55:33 PM PDT
by
The Antiyuppie
("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
To: DogByte6RER
During WW1 the British were called “Toms” and the Germans were called “Jerrys”.
So trying to omit the racism from this show is impossible.
Oh wait, it doesn’t count if you’re white. :)
Silly me...
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posted on
08/11/2013 7:10:36 PM PDT
by
Tzimisce
(The American Revolution began when the British attempted to disarm the Colonists.)
To: Tzimisce
They even now edit the Classic Fawlty Towers episode, “The Germans”, because Major used the N-word in it.
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posted on
08/11/2013 7:15:49 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: FreedomPoster
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posted on
08/11/2013 8:02:27 PM PDT
by
Slump Tester
(What if I'm pregnant Teddy? Errr-ahh -Calm down Mary Jo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it)
To: SMGFan
Huh, I haven’t seen Mouse Cleaning since I was a kid.
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posted on
08/11/2013 10:47:20 PM PDT
by
boop
("You don't look so bad, here's another")
To: Venturer
Holding someone in slavery is itself a terrible abuse, but putting the morality of the institution aside...why on Earth would a plantation owner harm or neglect the slaves upon whose health and labor his plantation depended? Answer: He wouldn't. You're right. The depiction conflicts with the modern narrative being used to demonize and shame the South in particular and Caucasians generally.
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posted on
08/11/2013 10:53:41 PM PDT
by
Trod Upon
(Every penny given to film and TV media companies goes right into enemy coffers. Starve them out!)
To: rey
I saw Song the South years ago and saw nothing wrong with it. It takes place AFTER the Civil War. The main character, a black man, is very positive and likable. The only negative characters were a couple of bratty little white boys.
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posted on
08/12/2013 8:01:34 AM PDT
by
Nea Wood
(When life gets too hard to stand, kneel.)
To: dfwgator
To: fieldmarshaldj
His quote was:
The strange thing was that throughout the morning, she kept referring to the Indians as “Niggers.”
No, no, I said.
Niggers are the West Indians, these people are Wogs!
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posted on
08/12/2013 9:30:54 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: DogByte6RER
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posted on
08/12/2013 9:35:42 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
To: dfwgator
To: Nea Wood
I would tend to agree. I guess because he is not an angry black man it is wrong. I think there were a couple of charaterizations that would be considered a little of putting now.
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posted on
08/12/2013 12:02:19 PM PDT
by
rey
To: dfwgator
"Wogs" is a term used to describe those disgusting, slimy creatures who have not passed muster before Davey Jones and His Royal Highness, Neptunis Rex.
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posted on
08/12/2013 6:09:40 PM PDT
by
DogByte6RER
("Loose lips sink ships")
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