A lot of you ZEDHEADS really enjoyed this article so I thought I'd bring it back, enjoy.
You might know that blackface is now racist. Back in the 1940s, many cartoons featured people in blackface. One of them was, of course, Tom and Jerry.
Like that article I was talking about over His Mouse Friday, these guys have been racist until Warner Bros. took over MGM's library. Like for example, when Tom's head goes into something and suddenly a piece of dynamite is in there and it explodes, Tom's face is shown with red or orange lips and a blackface. This is called blackface.
Tom, Jerry, and Spike in blackface in The Truce Hurts.
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!), but that was one of those products resembled at the time. In Saturday Evening Puss however, Mammy Two-Shoes' face might have been shown in blackface. If you don't beleive me, take a look!:
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!), but that was one of those products resembled at the time. In Saturday Evening Puss however, Mammy Two-Shoes' face might have been shown in blackface. If you don't beleive me, take a look!:
Some women hold it until they get home....yuke!
If I'm wrong, then I apologize for this. Anyway, blackface has been the most racial stereotype in American history. Al Jolson, a famous and legendary singer, was one of those who performed in blackface.
However, here's something I never told you about His Mouse Friday: those black savages were the reason why the cartoon got banned, and, allthough most of the characters were in blackface, Tom wasn't. This in turn makes me believe that Tom was a white person and Jerry wasn't.
However, I also want to point out, two cartoons were removed from Volume 3 of the Spotlight Collection. The cartoons were named Casanova Cat and Mouse Cleaning. They were removed from the set by Warner Home Video due to the offensive scenes below:
Now to conclude the article with more pictures of Tom or Jerry in blackface, I have been telling you a lot about blackface in Tom and Jerry. Now the discussion has ended and today, when there is Tom and Jerry, there will be blackface.
More photos of blackface:
More photos of blackface:
Images courtesy of and (c) 2009 Turner Entertainment and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation. All rights reserved.
6 comments:
Yo, this is crazy! I never noticed all of this as a little kid! And I vividly remember some of these episodes too!!!!!!!! Wild! Just goes to show that racism has evolved to a sublimal level. We have a responsibility to stay vigilant on these issues! *on the way to the jewelry store to buy conflict diamonds even though his light bill is past due* LOL
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Oh shit son return of the black face lol
wow that is ridiculous funny!
Damn, get out of town, very funny
All true dudes. My favorite pic is the one with Jerry sitting on the ink bottle.
I never knew about black face art. This was very interesting. Also, look how far comic art has come! Look at this stuff and look at your work. There is no competition. :)
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