Saturday Matinee Banned Cartoons
When you grow up on the periphery of an Empire such as the United States, the kind of consumable culture you are exposed to is not necessarily that which would be considered popular by the Empire's mainstream standards.
So, for example, I grew up watching a lot of what constitutes today's treasure trove of Warner Bros.' banned cartoons. It was so common to see every morning jazz jivin' sambos, looney dwarf-like Hitlers and wascally wabbits dressed in drag on TV that I was actually shocked to learn those cartoons were censored and outright banned here in the U.S.
GOLDILOCKS AND THE JIVIN' BEARS (1944), is part of the now infamous Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies, Censored Eleven. I find it fascinating that the dogs of animation, Harman and Ising, are included in this list, as well as Fritz Freleng, Chuck Jones, Robert Clampett and Tex Avery.
Harman and Ising founded Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes, and became famous for a little sambo-like character called Bosko. They basically translated the minstrel theater of the time into cartoons --and in the process made film and animation history.
I think it is unwise to ban these cultural gems from TV. Forget about the puritanical sensitivities of the political correctness police. I think that contextualized as part of the country's popular culture, they are invaluable tools for the world to understand the cultural development of the United States.
Other Links of Interest:
Milk and Cookies List of Banned Cartoons is a good start.
MostOffensiveVideo.com's list of offensive cartoons, has dead links to the clips but is a good as a reference.
iFilm.com's search for banned cartoons
Video.Google.com's search for banned cartoons
YouTube.com's search for banned cartoons
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Banned Cartoon
Submitted by Hillbillyjihad (not verified) on 12 November 2007 - 2:39pm.
It is amazing to me that these cartoons are banned, I remember these from my youth. There are as much a part of history and culture as is slavery, the civil war, World War II and the civil rights movement. I am a white male, But after seeing how far we have come to think 65 to 70 year old cartoons from a time when people were a little less educated will create more stereotypes seems ludicrous. Besides, is there some panel that sits around deciding what cartoons to ban.
there is an old Bug Bunny Cartoon called" Hillbilly hare" which has got to be the funniest thing I have ever seen. and me being from the hills of KY, Yet it is banned, who decided I would be offened by that?
Banned Cartoons
Submitted by Free (not verified) on 22 November 2007 - 12:43pm.
they are invaluable tools for the world to understand the cultural development of the United States.
Not to worry, these cartoons are shown in Italy. Yup. You can watch black sambo, mammy, jive talkin' crows ... all that. The cultural context is that Italian bigotry is satisfied.
If you link to Y.
If you link to Y. Carrington's piece, you might get her attention and get a discussion going.
She's over at The Primary Contraction.