But what should happen to them?
Log in to comment on or rate this article. The cartoon starts with Jerry reading a book whilst taking cheese from a mousetrap. Posted 10 years 9 months ago
Posted 10 years 8 months ago The ink put on Donald Duck's face.
But His Mouse Friday was never intended for the series, and hasn't been shown on telly for yearsTom And Jerry cartoons are classic films, treasured by serious collectors. Cartoons today aren't like they used to be, and maybe that's a good thing. Nibbles arrives and passes Jerry, before trying to take all the cheese from the trap. Over the decades, cartoon collections like "Merrie Melodies" or "Looney Tunes" have been edited or hidden away before airing for reasons including excessive violence and racist characterizations.
“That’s an appropriate stance to take.
Posted 10 years 8 months ago Ah, the lengendary and offensive "Blackface". Posted 10 years 9 months ago
You got that right! Tom is terrified, and as both men run for their lives, the cartoon ends.
Casanova Cat (1951) Current airings and DVD releases omit the entire sequence where Tom forces Jerry into performing a blackface tap dance for Toodles. Posted 10 years 8 months ago
We've become a nation of pussies that have to take offense in every single little thing.
We all need to have dialogue about race. References in the series. The third part of the blackface skeletons' performance was retooled into "Plane Dumb", a later film in the series. Posted 10 years 8 months ago
Posted 10 years 8 months ago In the end, to say these discussions shouldn't come up is the real problem. Regarding the race issue though, this article sort of makes me remember back to when I was a kid. (my dad is several shades darker) or "your last name is Pena?!" It is the belief that humanity is separated into groups called races, and the attempt to correlate unrelated traits together into a group. Cause something doesn't mean to be racist or demeaning, doesn't mean it isn't.
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“Casanova Cat” features Tom wooing a glamorous female feline by darkening Jerry’s face with cigar smoke and making him do a minstrel dance. You can even write your own! Blackface has been seen in many Tom and Jerry cartoons (though Mammy Two-Shoes could have been seen in blackface, that is if we could find her appearence! Blackface has been seen in many Tom and Jerry cartoons (though Mammy Two-Shoes could have been seen in blackface, that is if we could find her appearence! All rights reserved. Maybe Cartoon Network have a special on raciest cartoons and give disclaimers before each one, educate our kids, not wipe it from our history. Dick Van Dyke Condemned Over ‘Blackface’ Appearance in Mary Poppins. One of them was, of course, Tom and Jerry.
Racial sensativity is not the cure, it's fuel that feeds the fire and reminds us of an age that should have died with the civil war. But … if you put these cartoons into a proper historical context — and warn parents that they may find those episodes offensive or inappropriate — I think you've done your due diligence.”Trending stories,celebrity news and all the best of TODAY.Older episodes of "Tom and Jerry" are among those being pulled from DVD collections.
That's stupid. Even if you aren't completely off your nut, (which I think you are) Who cares?
That’s pretty much the story line of all 163 “Tom & Jerry” cartoons that started airing in 1940. And in “Mouse Cleaning,” Tom uses his “blackface” …
It was never done to deliberately insult black people.
There will always be things that divide certain people, because they, CHOOSE, to let those things divide them. What the F*CK?! Lillian Randolph did the voice of Mammy Two-Shoes. If not have them on TV then at least let them be released on DVD with a disclaimer. But what if you took that same cat, and that same mouse, and put them into blackface? Probably because i haven't seen them since i was about 12. The suicide gags article sounds awesome, can't wait. Posted 10 years 8 months ago
Wow I never thought about T&J like that! As long as we worry about "Racial sensativity" We will never get past racisim as a whole.