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62. Watch Bugs Bunny cartoons from WWII

Fri Dec 14, 2012, 07:58 AM

Dec 2012

The Japanese stereotype of buckteeth, coke-bottle lens classes, slant eyes, etc., is way over the top. Of course, it's war propaganda, too. There are other examples I remember from Looney Tunes of racist caricatures, the main one I recall was Bugs behaving like a Steppin Fetchit-style slave begging Yosemite Sam (was a Confederate general, I think) not to whip him and then rushing off screen to re-appear as Lincoln scolding Sam: "What's this I hear about you whipping slaves?" At least Bugs as Lincoln then bops Sam on the head, if I remember correctly.

In terms of Mexican stereotypes, Speedy Gonzalez has quite a few. Speedy himself wasn't too bad (he always outsmarted as well as outran the cat and worked for the good of the other mice), but the other Mexican mice were shown as lazy and dull-witted.

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When Your Favorite Childhood Films Are a Little More Homophobic Than You Remembered [View all] obamanut2012 Dec 2012 OP

Yeah. I showed my kids an old Sam Kinison stand up. MrSlayer Dec 2012 #1

+1. True. Kinnison probably wouldn't last today.... or even break through. n/t Smarmie Doofus Dec 2012 #5

he was funny in "back to school" though bedazzled Dec 2012 #63

Anything with Terry Farrell is something good obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #91

Agreed -- not edgy, just a bigot obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #6

It's hard to gauge just how drastically things have changed over the last couple of decades. Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #36

Bill Hicks holds up pretty well Merlot Dec 2012 #47

Yes he did. Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #61

It was a particular routine. MrSlayer Dec 2012 #48

I don't dispute that his stuff was often disgusting, even at that time it made most Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #60

I had the same reaction and thoughts TuxedoKat Dec 2012 #70

I hated Sam Kinison as much as he hated us closeupready Dec 2012 #80

Kinison apologized abjectly just before his death WilliamPitt Dec 2012 #85

As closely as I followed him back then, I didn't know that. MrSlayer Dec 2012 #93

I remember the "Chinese cook" on Bonanza DirkGently Dec 2012 #2

Hop-Sing was always a favorite of mine,, SoCalDem Dec 2012 #13

lol obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #17

lol Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2012 #42

I'm pretty sure he tried. gkhouston Dec 2012 #66

hey... PCIntern Dec 2012 #14

Any "love-interest" would be dead by the end of the hour SoCalDem Dec 2012 #20

God, that show really was creepy, wasn't it?! obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #22

Right, if any of the "boys" had a girlfriend, she wouldn't last more than an episode Lydia Leftcoast Dec 2012 #30

OMG obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #31

Jesus, you're right. Even creepier than I thought. DirkGently Dec 2012 #32

Well, you know a COWBOY couldn't cook and do housework! :sarcasm: nt raccoon Dec 2012 #68

Kick, Rec. Every little bit helps. Smarmie Doofus Dec 2012 #3

Yeah, and go a little farther back in time and it gets horrific... joeybee12 Dec 2012 #4

Breakfast at Tiffany's (movie) obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #7

I just watched that movie for the fist time last week. Common Sense Party Dec 2012 #8

Seriously obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #18

or marlon brando as an "asian" bedazzled Dec 2012 #64

Or David Carridine as an Asian .. SummerSnow Dec 2012 #82

No kidding. Chellee Dec 2012 #39

The orginal Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys books from the 20s were shockingly racist TheMightyFavog Dec 2012 #43

Sixteen Candles. *wince* Starry Messenger Dec 2012 #9

Oh God obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #19

What was homophobic in "Candles"? Smarmie Doofus Dec 2012 #76

Not homophobia, the racism. Starry Messenger Dec 2012 #81

Uncanny. I don't remember it. ( That says something right there, I guess.) Smarmie Doofus Dec 2012 #88

Not my favorite childhood films... Whovian Dec 2012 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Dec 2012 #11

Anti-homosexual propaganda films were still being shown when I was in school slackmaster Dec 2012 #12

oh jeeeeez... that's a terrible movie! DonRedwood Dec 2012 #21

Ralph was rocking the Michael O'Donghue/Robert Quine look early Tom Ripley Dec 2012 #33

Wow deutsey Dec 2012 #37

Homosexuality was officially classified as a mental illness until 1973 slackmaster Dec 2012 #40

I've heard that, but, man, I didn't realize this kind of propaganda existed deutsey Dec 2012 #59

"lots of young people hitchhike, it seems like a good way to get from one place to another..." HiPointDem Dec 2012 #49

On the bright side, doesn't this mean we have evolved and are making progress as a culture? Squinch Dec 2012 #15

Tango and Cash...I saw it in a foreign country and was ashamed by it DonRedwood Dec 2012 #16

I have had my older daughter watch some of my favorite movies gollygee Dec 2012 #23

That classic Rudolf movie narrated by Burl Ives... Odin2005 Dec 2012 #24

My husband... a la izquierda Dec 2012 #25

Seriously -- he was awful obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #27

I agree with your husband Tom Ripley Dec 2012 #34

I remember when I was a kid I didn't like him deutsey Dec 2012 #38

I thought the take-away was "A good leader brings out the best in everyone." KurtNYC Dec 2012 #26

Santa didn't do anything obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #29

Also, Rudolph is technically "disabled" in a way obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #28

Youch. That's a dark interpretation. DirkGently Dec 2012 #35

remember the island. SummerSnow Dec 2012 #87

Good Lord. Skip Intro Dec 2012 #45

I think the only show I ever had a hard time with was Woody Wood Pecker Johonny Dec 2012 #41

I was watching a bunch of old Looney Tunes cartoons recently, TheMightyFavog Dec 2012 #44

I think that joke is probably about Mexican 'border' v. boarder, not about mexicans not paying rent. HiPointDem Dec 2012 #50

Thanks. Wow. n/t Smarmie Doofus Dec 2012 #77

Watch Bugs Bunny cartoons from WWII deutsey Dec 2012 #62

Though what you say here is true ( racist caricatures) , you have to grant that.... Smarmie Doofus Dec 2012 #79

Yes, while the simple-minded slave caricature is there, deutsey Dec 2012 #83

i actually find looney tunes kind of subversive. of all the old cartoons, they're my favorite. HiPointDem Dec 2012 #86

Looney Tunes ridiculed all types, definitely deutsey Dec 2012 #90

Babes In Arms - 1939 WiffenPoof Dec 2012 #46

The Birdcage (1996 I think) Freddie Dec 2012 #51

Totally agree with this obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #54

Actually, I didn't think it was that surprising at the time. gkhouston Dec 2012 #67

I remember the original, La Cage aux Folles being funnier. progressoid Dec 2012 #72

The Maltese Falcon, otherwise a fabulous film, is pretty raw toward its one gay character. dimbear Dec 2012 #52

It is utterly ridiculous to pick up a film made half a century or more ago and Skidmore Dec 2012 #53

I don't think anyone has said they should obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #55

Agreed 100x jollyreaper2112 Dec 2012 #58

+100 n/t FSogol Dec 2012 #74

You missed the point. Lex Dec 2012 #78

Thank god that woman was not my mom LittleBlue Dec 2012 #56

Revenge of the Nerds would never be made today. HughBeaumont Dec 2012 #57

Okay, if you regard The Karate Kid as an "old movie," you must be young. Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #65

I'm with you. I know some people who won't watch a movie if it's in B&W WI_DEM Dec 2012 #75

I didn't write the article obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #92

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers; intaglio Dec 2012 #69

Hey guys: People will watch movies made TODAY in 20 years and say the same thing! Romulox Dec 2012 #71

SHM Mr Dixon Dec 2012 #73

Lethal Weapon w/ Mel Gibson and Danny Glover WilliamPitt Dec 2012 #84

Doris Day and Rock Hudson.. SummerSnow Dec 2012 #89