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Jerry in blackface (7 views)
Aug-14-2008 By ZohaibJi / Posted in: Tom and Jerry Cartoons Add comments
alexanth asked:
I think this was in 1945 – Mouse In Manhattan They did this a lot in Tom and Jerry
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August 18th, 2008 at 8:15 am
But it’s cool for Eddie Murphy and Eddie Griffith to put on whiteface because it’s funny and makes millions of people laugh? Or is that stereotyping?
Use some common sense once in a while. All I ever needed to know about racism was learned from Dr. Seuss’ The Sneetches.
August 20th, 2008 at 1:51 am
Psh who cares…just release the edited on TV and the good stuff on DVD..it’s that easy.
August 22nd, 2008 at 2:23 am
It amazes me that people are on here talking about how they don’t get where the “racism” comes from. If only some of you actually payed attention to History in Feb. while you were in school, you would know that this was done to mimic and mock blacks. So many of you are so concerned with blacks trying to call everything racist that you turn your eyes to blatant racism. I’m not mad at the clip. It was 1945, what do I expect. You all just need to acknowledge that this kind of ish did happen.
August 25th, 2008 at 1:52 am
I really don’t see what is rascist about him geting dipped in ink lol, it’s just funny, I think for some reason, they just want to call everything a rascist joke, so they can butcher up these great cartoons, so that the DVDs will suck lol
August 25th, 2008 at 5:46 am
I wish they would just change the color, but they usually just cut the whole scene
August 26th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Speak for yourself. I find this stuff quite humorous
August 27th, 2008 at 6:33 pm
Racist or not this cartoon is GREAT! Anyone who wants to do animation could learn a lesson from this!
This cartoon won an award in 1945 for ‘best cartoon of the year”.
Wonder why? The animation is as flawless as possible for the date, the music is astounding even today, and the plotline was cute!
August 30th, 2008 at 6:35 am
funny how this is considered offensive, but in any city ,on the radio, you can find rap music that glorifies violent crime, murder and racial hatred.
August 31st, 2008 at 1:47 pm
Did anyone get offened when Eddie Murphy put on makeup and pretented to be a white man
in that Saturday Night Live film? Or when
that North Korean made himself look like a
Western man in that James Bond movie?
September 3rd, 2008 at 4:00 am
The guy above you just said that he thought they were hilarious, so it’s still funny to some people now a days. Do you think just because something isn’t funny it should never be released? For instance, I don’t like Family Guy, but I wouldn’t say that it shouldn’t be out there just because I don’t think it’s funny.
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:53 am
I used to watch this! Not once did I notice!
Oh well – if they’d rather edit them and change the colour (from black to red or purple) that’s OK if it makes people happy.
September 6th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
aah the infamous blackface gags! i love tom and jerry so much and its such a shame that these aspects of the cartoons have been edited/censored/cut from the originals. i wish warner brothers would just release a dvd collection of the originals as they were the day they were released
September 8th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
That was a reply to an earlier comment btw.
September 9th, 2008 at 2:02 am
The episode title was “The Truce Hurts”.
September 10th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
It’s not like kids now are even going to understand the origins of this, so why bother removing it?
September 13th, 2008 at 11:10 am
i think its hilarious
September 16th, 2008 at 9:03 am
what i meant is “Why do people give a shit that racist scenes are removed” I totally support the removal of these scenes, We aren’t more offended today, its just that these jokes aren’t funny now a days, and are simply offensive
September 18th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
because people are more offended nowadays
September 21st, 2008 at 8:11 pm
The FCC, thats who, also im sure some strict family or religious group would protest or something. I personally wouldent want my kids (i dont have them, but if) to see this, one of my worst fears in becoming a parent is that my child becomes a racist
September 22nd, 2008 at 3:05 pm
Who gets to decide what is hurtful and what isnt funny for everyone?
September 23rd, 2008 at 12:20 am
Only the racist scenes are censored, They keep the cigars, guns, explosives. I dont see why people are giving a shit about a few racist scenes
September 24th, 2008 at 11:54 pm
oh yes, support the people that STARTED blackface, thats hilarious btw. Also, if it was real in the 1940s, doesnt mean its real now, the choice to censor these things are completely logical. Try not to take offense, but im positive around 5/6 of the people that support these things are white, me being myself white im a bit offended by the way white people support racist jokes. These jokes aren’t even funny! Oooh look, a reference to the origin of black face, Thats great! -.-
September 26th, 2008 at 9:35 am
the reference to black people? this isnt even funny, i dont understand the point in keeping in there if it has a small chance of offending someone, it personally doesnt bother me, but my opinion doesnt matter if someone else gets hurt from this. Point is, if its not funny, whats the point.
September 26th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
I saw this episode a few days ago on boomerang. The cut was so sloppy I had no doubt a blackface scene had been removed. Anyone so thin-skinned as to be offended by this needs to get slapped around for a while.
September 28th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
Cartoon Network censors blackface all the time. However, it was a gag used often in cartoons of the era. I don’t necessarily have a problem with them censoring for children who may not appreciate the minstrel reference… but it would be nice to have it as an adult swim choice. Perhaps with commentary explaning the references. Package it up as “Uncut Classics” or something, for those of us who truly love these cartoons and are grown adults, capable of understanding the references.