Banned Cartoons: A Historical Archive of the Shameful Racial Abuses of Hollywood's Yesteryear [DVD]

This is not PC, however, it is great great artwork and well done otherwise. Worth keeping.

It's been a while since I actually watched these cartoons. They did not age well. Saying this was accepted during this Era doesn't justify the racial stereotypes. It is amazing that these cartoons were considered as entertainment. We can only learn from our mistakes and repent.

These are vintage cartoons, so it is a wonder to have a copy of something this old. Consequently, the picture and sound quality is not going to be high definition, and to expect such would be so out of context as to be foolish. A great insight into the culture of the day, as most cartoons are written by and FOR adults who would understand all the innuendos and references. As usual, excellent delivery service with Amazon. Many of the cartoons you would have to think about why it would be "banned", usually over racial or 'politically correct' issues ... but such standards are highly inflated in our modern etiquette while so may other good principles are slandered.

Please note these cartoons are in the public domain and are also available on other collections. These cartoons were not "banned" during their original theatrical run. Rather, when TV stations were looking to fill their program schedules in the 1950's these cartoons were included in the packages of cartoons. By the early '60s many stations (and/or networks) pulled cartoons of this type either because of viewer complaints or a belated sense of decency. The cartoons in this collections are an interesting look at the kind of ethnic humor was considered acceptable by the dominant white culture.

I own pretty much the entire Looney Tunes collection plus a few other disks. We recently broke these out again (June 2021). We had our grandchildren with us for 2 weeks and only a DVD player in our new home. I did not play this disk for the kids, but for myself one night I was having trouble sleeping. While I am one for preserving history, if only to make sure we do NOT repeat the bad decisions and parts of our history, I did not find this enjoyable at all to watch. I am not easily offended but just could not find humor in them. Perhaps one day I will show them to my grandchildren as an example of how not to treat people and perhaps that will be the greatest value in owning this. This is the face of racism even when done in comedy. So there is value in owning this, and while the cartoons were old and not the best quality the disk was fine. Just don’t expect to actually laugh.

I grew up at the time you could, and did, see cartoons like this in the theater and no one got upset. Racist, yes, many are, but they were OK at the time (even if not now). Most of all, they were funny. While I agree they showed African Americans and Native Americans in something less than a favorable light so did most of the movies at the time. If you are easily offended or are one of those who chooses to believe that this kind of thing was not common then, by all means, skip this collection. If you have an open mind or are a history buff this is an eye-opening experience. Have we come a long way since these were made? Thankfully, yes, but they are still interesting.

This is a funny DVD that came in just as advertised. Thank you for shipping it so quickly.

This DVD, as politically incorrect at it may appear to be in the 21st Century, it is a part of history in the U.S.A. -History that should NOT be forgotten so it will NEVER be repeated. Highly recommended, in case YOU did NOT know of the shameful injustices to the African-American race throughout the U.S.A. Make not that characters are caricatures of people, black or white in these cartoons as facial features for instance on Clark Gable are just as exaggerated as on other characters in the cartoons and therefore not necessarily any racial affront.

Beware ! Very bad transfer ! Save Your Money !

Ce sont des dessins animé qui ont été banni à cause des sujets qu'ils représentent

Metci

Selection of banned cartoons -good for archive study, may offend.

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