i don't know about the rest of you, but i HATE the pc culture and the revisionist history its passes off as a new sparkly clean sanitized and suitable for modern sensibilities world consumption. the whole point of history is we can see how things where, how good or bad it was back then and hopefully learn and not repeat the same mistakes. to rewrite history is denying us this and is doing society a major disservice. i just signed the petition to have this film released and wrote this: don't let pc bullshite re-write more film history, take a moment and think about how warner bros censor thier old cartoons and how 'blackfaces' and cleched 'coloured voices' are redubed to rewrite history and cover up what is now percieved as racialy/socialy unacceptable. please don't let this film be intentionaly forgotten/hidden from the modern world. to do so is a crime against cinema, history, art and social commentary. we, the film watching public, have the right to see film history uncut and sanitized for pussy arsed clowns who cannot handle the past and its historical crimes against race, religion and whatever else upsets pc facists. to do so is like denying that all those millions of jews and gypsies etc never died in the hollocost. please, please, please make this film available on dvd and show to the world you will not let pc facism dictate the past. if you want to sign the petition, here is the url: http://www.petitiononline.com/DVDcnskn/petition.html /climbs off soapbox at speakers corner london. -- metro-golden-meower mhm x v i x i i i ,;S2GAAAA25r: .i#@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@#i, .r@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@#s :3@@HXX&@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@r :: .rH@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@3 ,9@@@@@@@@@@@H99@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@S ;@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@#5::iH@@@@@@@@@i ,G@@: .@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@&; r@@@@@@@h .,sS r@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@#33#@@@@@@# ;@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@H i@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ s@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@S ;@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@X ,iB@@@@@@@@@@@@@A .@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@: ;5#A ,@@@@@@@@@@@@X @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@r r#@i 2@@@@@@@@@@. r@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@3 s@@@@@@& , @@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@, #@ i@@@sr@@r ;#@@@@@@@@@@: .@@@@@@@@@@r;@@@@@@@@@# ;@@, s. @@@@@@@@@# s@@@@@@@@r @@@@@@@@@@@@M;A@@ @r :;:. ;@@@@@@@@@@ A@@@@@@: .@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@i::siAG ,@@@@@@@ r@@@@@@@. @@@@@i .@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ .@@@@@@@@@i S@@@. @@@@@@@r @@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@B: @ @@@@@@@2 M@@ &@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@, @@@@. .h@@i @#s@@@@@@@@; 2@A ,@@@@@@@@@@2X@@@@X 2@@@ 5@@@@@@#G@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @B @@@@@@@@@@: @@@@@; : M@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@ @@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@ ,@ @@ 3@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@i 9@@@;@@@@@@@ s@@@@@@@@ s 3 @@@@@@#@@@@:M@@@@@@@@@ @@@,X@@@@@@@i B@@@@@@@@@@@@ 9@@@@@@ #@@@ @@@@@@@; ;@@ M@@@@@@@A H@@@@@@@@@@@@@. @@@@@@s @@@@2 @@@@@@@# #@ @@@@@@@@@3 ;@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@&: 2@@@@ @s ,S@@@@@@@ , #@@@@@@@@@@r@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@#i ;#@. ..iA9A@@@@@@ r@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@i#@@@@@@@@@G, ;&B@#r 9@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@H h@@@@@@@@@@@# M@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ H@@@@@@@@@@@@ i@@9 H@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@r @@@@@@@@@@@@; @@, .@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ H@@@@@@@@@@@ .M@@@r ;@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@r @@@@@@@@@@@r2@@@i 2@@@@@@@@@@@@@. 5@@@@@@@@@@,;@M. rH@@@@@@@A .@@@@@@@@@@r :5M#; @@@@@@MAr ;;. ARS GRATIA ARTIS *****************************PEDO ALERT**************************** >Allt utan bl?ja g?r att t?ja. (translation: 'everything without nappies, diapers to you dumb jank fuckheads, can be stretched'.) >-"Sex ?r kul men det g?r ont." > (Lisa, 3 ?r). (translation: 'sex is fun but it hurts. (lisa, 3 years old)'.) snuh barn diddler Den Tomtef?rgade K?rlekskyssen i Message-ID: <vm80p2hu27vtggh50ng5k6mo4mct887vt3@4ax.kom> ***************************/PEDO ALERT***************************** meow
On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:42:46 +0000, metro-golden-meower wrote: > i don't know about the rest of you, but i HATE the pc culture and the > revisionist history its passes off as a new sparkly clean sanitized > and suitable for modern sensibilities world consumption. the whole > point of history is we can see how things where, how good or bad it > was back then and hopefully learn and not repeat the same mistakes. to > rewrite history is denying us this and is doing society a major > disservice. > > i just signed the petition to have this film released and wrote this: > > don't let pc bullshite re-write more film history, take a moment and > think about how warner bros censor thier old cartoons and how > 'blackfaces' and cleched 'coloured voices' are redubed to rewrite > history and cover up what is now percieved as racialy/socialy > unacceptable. please don't let this film be intentionaly > forgotten/hidden from the modern world. to do so is a crime against > cinema, history, art and social commentary. we, the film watching > public, have the right to see film history uncut and sanitized for > pussy arsed clowns who cannot handle the past and its historical > crimes against race, religion and whatever else upsets pc facists. to > do so is like denying that all those millions of jews and gypsies etc > never died in the hollocost. please, please, please make this film > available on dvd and show to the world you will not let pc facism > dictate the past. > > if you want to sign the petition, here is the url: > > http://www.petitiononline.com/DVDcnskn/petition.html > > /climbs off soapbox at speakers corner london. Something else to thank the Reverend Al Sharpton and his fellow black racists for: http://imdb.com/title/tt0071361/trivia One wouldn't think they would qualify as "politically correct", but I fear they do . . . . -- tinmimus99@hotmail.com smeeter 11 or maybe 12 mp 10 mhm 29x13 Those who mean the best are many times misled so far to the prejudice of those that trust them as to leave them in a condition nearest to bondage when they have thought they had brought them into a way of freedom. < John Lilburne
Don't fight it, metro-golden-meower...Just lie down and try to relax: >i don't know about the rest of you, but i HATE the pc culture and the >revisionist history its passes off as a new sparkly clean sanitized >and suitable for modern sensibilities world consumption. the whole >point of history is we can see how things where, how good or bad it >was back then and hopefully learn and not repeat the same mistakes. to >rewrite history is denying us this and is doing society a major >disservice. > >i just signed the petition to have this film released and wrote this: > >don't let pc bullshite re-write more film history, take a moment and >think about how warner bros censor thier old cartoons and how >'blackfaces' and cleched 'coloured voices' are redubed to rewrite >history and cover up what is now percieved as racialy/socialy >unacceptable. please don't let this film be intentionaly >forgotten/hidden from the modern world. to do so is a crime against >cinema, history, art and social commentary. we, the film watching >public, have the right to see film history uncut and sanitized for >pussy arsed clowns who cannot handle the past and its historical >crimes against race, religion and whatever else upsets pc facists. to >do so is like denying that all those millions of jews and gypsies etc >never died in the hollocost. please, please, please make this film >available on dvd and show to the world you will not let pc facism >dictate the past. As a young child, I can remember my colleagues and I watching an old animated short, probably made back in the '40s, that was being broadcast on won of my local television tuner channels. I don't remember what the short was about (something to do with a dim-witted huntsman with a humourous speech impediment being outsmarted by his prey), but I do remember it ending quite abruptly--as if completely missing any sort of denouement, whatsoever. After a series of back-and-forth action between the hapless huntsman and the protagonist (a wisecracking devil-may-care rabbit), eventually a wayward stick of dynamite blows up in both of their faces. And...cut. Roll credits. That's IT! I can clearly remember the confused looks on my colleagues' faces as we looked back and forth at won another and the screen as if to say, "What happened?" We were, needless to say, upset. We felt robbed. This was *our* cartoon, created for *us*--the American youth--and it left us with a proverbial "itch" that we could not "scratch." Well, years later, I was "flipping" channels on my television, and I happened to see the same cartoon again, this time being broadcast on an animation-themed network included as part of my local cable provider's basic cable package. I remembered the "apple of discord" created by this cartoon and its confusing and abrupt ending, so I continued to watch to the end, wondering if my adult sensibilities and life experiences would somehow grant me some sense of closure this time. And that's when I finally discovered the reason for our contention all those years ago: there was, in fact, a missing finale to the cartoon, apparently cut, due to racial controversy. What we were never shown as children was that, following the dynamite blowing up in the rabbit's and the huntsman's respective faces, the smoke clears, and the two are left sporting what was known in "Vaudeville" entertainment as "blackface"--a coal black mask of soot covering the face (sans the eyes and lips), imitating the stereotypical cartoonish representation of African-Americans in early American culture. It doesn't end there. The two then join in a "song and dance" routine, dancing together off into the horizon, arm in arm, and singing "I Wish I Was in Dixie." "Oh. My. God," I muttered under my breath. I was shocked. I was appalled. I could not believe what I had seen. I couldn't believe that all those years, I was missing out on this HILARIOUS ENDING!!! I tittered myself silly. I left the situation with a feeling of gratification following years of distress at wondering why a cartoon would lack any sort of "punch" that these classic animated shorts are known for. "Today," I said to myself, "I am a man." So, in summary: fight censorship. Love, Wavy G -- "Memo to God: Last two things to do: (1) Cancel Wavy. (2) Turn out the lights." --Mimus submits a rewrite for the ending of The Bible. ***************************************** * * * Wavy G * * mail me at: * * godsspeciallamb @ gmail.com * * * * * *****************************************
Don't fight it, Wavy G...Just lie down and try to relax: >Don't fight it, metro-golden-meower...Just lie down and try to relax: > >>i don't know about the rest of you, but i HATE the pc culture and the >>revisionist history its passes off as a new sparkly clean sanitized >>and suitable for modern sensibilities world consumption. the whole >>point of history is we can see how things where, how good or bad it >>was back then and hopefully learn and not repeat the same mistakes. to >>rewrite history is denying us this and is doing society a major >>disservice. >> >>i just signed the petition to have this film released and wrote this: >> >>don't let pc bullshite re-write more film history, take a moment and >>think about how warner bros censor thier old cartoons and how >>'blackfaces' and cleched 'coloured voices' are redubed to rewrite >>history and cover up what is now percieved as racialy/socialy >>unacceptable. please don't let this film be intentionaly >>forgotten/hidden from the modern world. to do so is a crime against >>cinema, history, art and social commentary. we, the film watching >>public, have the right to see film history uncut and sanitized for >>pussy arsed clowns who cannot handle the past and its historical >>crimes against race, religion and whatever else upsets pc facists. to >>do so is like denying that all those millions of jews and gypsies etc >>never died in the hollocost. please, please, please make this film >>available on dvd and show to the world you will not let pc facism >>dictate the past. > >As a young child, I can remember my colleagues and I watching an old >animated short, probably made back in the '40s, that was being broadcast >on won of my local television tuner channels. I don't remember what the >short was about (something to do with a dim-witted huntsman with a >humourous speech impediment being outsmarted by his prey), but I do >remember it ending quite abruptly--as if completely missing any sort of >denouement, whatsoever. > >After a series of back-and-forth action between the hapless huntsman and >the protagonist (a wisecracking devil-may-care rabbit), eventually a >wayward stick of dynamite blows up in both of their faces. And...cut. >Roll credits. That's IT! I can clearly remember the confused looks on >my colleagues' faces as we looked back and forth at won another and the >screen as if to say, "What happened?" We were, needless to say, upset. >We felt robbed. This was *our* cartoon, created for *us*--the American >youth--and it left us with a proverbial "itch" that we could not >"scratch." > >Well, years later, I was "flipping" channels on my television, and I >happened to see the same cartoon again, this time being broadcast on an >animation-themed network included as part of my local cable provider's >basic cable package. I remembered the "apple of discord" created by >this cartoon and its confusing and abrupt ending, so I continued to >watch to the end, wondering if my adult sensibilities and life >experiences would somehow grant me some sense of closure this time. And >that's when I finally discovered the reason for our contention all those >years ago: there was, in fact, a missing finale to the cartoon, >apparently cut, due to racial controversy. > >What we were never shown as children was that, following the dynamite >blowing up in the rabbit's and the huntsman's respective faces, the >smoke clears, and the two are left sporting what was known in >"Vaudeville" entertainment as "blackface"--a coal black mask of soot >covering the face (sans the eyes and lips), imitating the stereotypical >cartoonish representation of African-Americans in early American >culture. It doesn't end there. The two then join in a "song and dance" >routine, dancing together off into the horizon, arm in arm, and singing >"I Wish I Was in Dixie." > >"Oh. My. God," I muttered under my breath. I was shocked. I was >appalled. I could not believe what I had seen. I couldn't believe that >all those years, I was missing out on this HILARIOUS ENDING!!! I >tittered myself silly. I left the situation with a feeling of >gratification following years of distress at wondering why a cartoon >would lack any sort of "punch" that these classic animated shorts are >known for. "Today," I said to myself, "I am a man." > >So, in summary: fight censorship. > >Love, >Wavy G O. M. G. That was so good, I'm going to have to "blog" it. I love me. Love, Wavy G -- "Memo to God: Last two things to do: (1) Cancel Wavy. (2) Turn out the lights." --Mimus submits a rewrite for the ending of The Bible. ***************************************** * * * Wavy G * * mail me at: * * godsspeciallamb @ gmail.com * * * * * *****************************************
We all know there have been racist movies. No one's denying that. But censorship, which this amounts to, doesn't make it go away and doesn't solve the problem. They recently released every Charlie Chan movie ever made (which I'd give my left nut for) and not a single Asian was killed or harmed in any way. -- This morning I saw a fish without a bicycle, and you know, it *did* kind of remind me of a woman without a man! http://www.bonestructure.net
"Bonestructure" <bone@1s.net> wrote in message news:Xns9A0380A138747bone1snet@216.196.97.142... > We all know there have been racist movies. No one's denying that. But > censorship, which this amounts to, doesn't make it go away and doesn't > solve the problem. They recently released every Charlie Chan movie ever > made (which I'd give my left nut for) and not a single Asian was killed or > harmed in any way. Ole Charlie only became popular as a replacement for the Japanese Detective Mr. Moto who was not very popular during WWII. The main problem with Charlie Chan movies was not the way Chinese people were treated but the way Blacks were cast, like Birmingham Brown (Mantan Moreland). I have all but "the 4 lost episodes" of Charlie Chan movies recorded on "Beta", then all my Beta machines crapped out. BUMMER! There were 47 Charlie Chan movies in all. Number One
On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:42:00 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> wrote: >On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:42:46 +0000, metro-golden-meower wrote: > >> i don't know about the rest of you, but i HATE the pc culture and the >> revisionist history its passes off as a new sparkly clean sanitized >> and suitable for modern sensibilities world consumption. the whole >> point of history is we can see how things where, how good or bad it >> was back then and hopefully learn and not repeat the same mistakes. to >> rewrite history is denying us this and is doing society a major >> disservice. >> >> i just signed the petition to have this film released and wrote this: >> >> don't let pc bullshite re-write more film history, take a moment and >> think about how warner bros censor thier old cartoons and how >> 'blackfaces' and cleched 'coloured voices' are redubed to rewrite >> history and cover up what is now percieved as racialy/socialy >> unacceptable. please don't let this film be intentionaly >> forgotten/hidden from the modern world. to do so is a crime against >> cinema, history, art and social commentary. we, the film watching >> public, have the right to see film history uncut and sanitized for >> pussy arsed clowns who cannot handle the past and its historical >> crimes against race, religion and whatever else upsets pc facists. to >> do so is like denying that all those millions of jews and gypsies etc >> never died in the hollocost. please, please, please make this film >> available on dvd and show to the world you will not let pc facism >> dictate the past. >> >> if you want to sign the petition, here is the url: >> >> http://www.petitiononline.com/DVDcnskn/petition.html >> >> /climbs off soapbox at speakers corner london. > >Something else to thank the Reverend Al Sharpton and his fellow black >racists for: > >http://imdb.com/title/tt0071361/trivia > >One wouldn't think they would qualify as "politically correct", but I fear >they do . . . . i saw that when i looked the film up on imdb when i first heard of it.
On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:38:48 -0600, Bonestructure <bone@1s.net> wrote: >We all know there have been racist movies. No one's denying that. But >censorship, which this amounts to, doesn't make it go away and doesn't >solve the problem. They recently released every Charlie Chan movie ever >made (which I'd give my left nut for) and not a single Asian was killed or >harmed in any way. i can remember watching those on bbc 2 years back when i was a kid. i didn't think much of them to be honest.
On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:04:40 -0600, "John \"C\"" <honestjohn@centurytel.net> wrote: > >"Bonestructure" <bone@1s.net> wrote in message >news:Xns9A0380A138747bone1snet@216.196.97.142... >> We all know there have been racist movies. No one's denying that. But >> censorship, which this amounts to, doesn't make it go away and doesn't >> solve the problem. They recently released every Charlie Chan movie >ever >> made (which I'd give my left nut for) and not a single Asian was >killed or >> harmed in any way. > >Ole Charlie only became popular as a replacement for the Japanese >Detective Mr. Moto who was not very popular during WWII. The main >problem with Charlie Chan movies was not the way Chinese people were >treated but the way Blacks were cast, like Birmingham Brown (Mantan >Moreland). > >I have all but "the 4 lost episodes" of Charlie Chan movies recorded on >"Beta", then all my Beta machines crapped out. well. i have over 150 now banned or severly cut wb, fleisher, disney, paramount and mgm etc cartoons uncut. it took a lot of effort to get hold of them. >BUMMER! There were 47 Charlie Chan movies in all. > >Number One since when did the village have net access and what have you done with number 6?
On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:16:10 -0500, Wavy G <godsspeciallamb@gmail.com> wrote: >Don't fight it, metro-golden-meower...Just lie down and try to relax: > >>i don't know about the rest of you, but i HATE the pc culture and the >>revisionist history its passes off as a new sparkly clean sanitized >>and suitable for modern sensibilities world consumption. the whole >>point of history is we can see how things where, how good or bad it >>was back then and hopefully learn and not repeat the same mistakes. to >>rewrite history is denying us this and is doing society a major >>disservice. >> >>i just signed the petition to have this film released and wrote this: >> >>don't let pc bullshite re-write more film history, take a moment and >>think about how warner bros censor thier old cartoons and how >>'blackfaces' and cleched 'coloured voices' are redubed to rewrite >>history and cover up what is now percieved as racialy/socialy >>unacceptable. please don't let this film be intentionaly >>forgotten/hidden from the modern world. to do so is a crime against >>cinema, history, art and social commentary. we, the film watching >>public, have the right to see film history uncut and sanitized for >>pussy arsed clowns who cannot handle the past and its historical >>crimes against race, religion and whatever else upsets pc facists. to >>do so is like denying that all those millions of jews and gypsies etc >>never died in the hollocost. please, please, please make this film >>available on dvd and show to the world you will not let pc facism >>dictate the past. > >As a young child, I can remember my colleagues and I watching an old >animated short, probably made back in the '40s, that was being broadcast >on won of my local television tuner channels. I don't remember what the >short was about (something to do with a dim-witted huntsman with a >humourous speech impediment being outsmarted by his prey), but I do >remember it ending quite abruptly--as if completely missing any sort of >denouement, whatsoever. > >After a series of back-and-forth action between the hapless huntsman and >the protagonist (a wisecracking devil-may-care rabbit), eventually a >wayward stick of dynamite blows up in both of their faces. And...cut. >Roll credits. That's IT! I can clearly remember the confused looks on >my colleagues' faces as we looked back and forth at won another and the >screen as if to say, "What happened?" We were, needless to say, upset. >We felt robbed. This was *our* cartoon, created for *us*--the American >youth--and it left us with a proverbial "itch" that we could not >"scratch." > >Well, years later, I was "flipping" channels on my television, and I >happened to see the same cartoon again, this time being broadcast on an >animation-themed network included as part of my local cable provider's >basic cable package. I remembered the "apple of discord" created by >this cartoon and its confusing and abrupt ending, so I continued to >watch to the end, wondering if my adult sensibilities and life >experiences would somehow grant me some sense of closure this time. And >that's when I finally discovered the reason for our contention all those >years ago: there was, in fact, a missing finale to the cartoon, >apparently cut, due to racial controversy. > >What we were never shown as children was that, following the dynamite >blowing up in the rabbit's and the huntsman's respective faces, the >smoke clears, and the two are left sporting what was known in >"Vaudeville" entertainment as "blackface"--a coal black mask of soot >covering the face (sans the eyes and lips), imitating the stereotypical >cartoonish representation of African-Americans in early American >culture. It doesn't end there. The two then join in a "song and dance" >routine, dancing together off into the horizon, arm in arm, and singing >"I Wish I Was in Dixie." > >"Oh. My. God," I muttered under my breath. I was shocked. I was >appalled. I could not believe what I had seen. I couldn't believe that >all those years, I was missing out on this HILARIOUS ENDING!!! I >tittered myself silly. I left the situation with a feeling of >gratification following years of distress at wondering why a cartoon >would lack any sort of "punch" that these classic animated shorts are >known for. "Today," I said to myself, "I am a man." the first cartoon i remember being cut/censored was a tom and jerry one. in the uncut one tom ends up with a dish shaped fountain bowl on his head and doing a chinese impression. the next time i saw the cartoon on bbc that scene had be completely removed. i was under 12 at the time and even back then i was really pissed off they'd cut it. >So, in summary: fight censorship. to my mind censorship is just a more acceptable and palatable name for facism. you've just got to love the free world. maybe if i can get motivated i shall post a load of the now banned or cut toons fo the flonk bin ng. in my way i'll be making available for viewing what _THEY_ do not want you to see. >Love, >Wavy G
On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 03:47:50 -0500, Wavy G <godsspeciallamb@gmail.com> wrote: >Don't fight it, Wavy G...Just lie down and try to relax: > >>Don't fight it, metro-golden-meower...Just lie down and try to relax: >> >>>i don't know about the rest of you, but i HATE the pc culture and the >>>revisionist history its passes off as a new sparkly clean sanitized >>>and suitable for modern sensibilities world consumption. the whole >>>point of history is we can see how things where, how good or bad it >>>was back then and hopefully learn and not repeat the same mistakes. to >>>rewrite history is denying us this and is doing society a major >>>disservice. >>> >>>i just signed the petition to have this film released and wrote this: >>> >>>don't let pc bullshite re-write more film history, take a moment and >>>think about how warner bros censor thier old cartoons and how >>>'blackfaces' and cleched 'coloured voices' are redubed to rewrite >>>history and cover up what is now percieved as racialy/socialy >>>unacceptable. please don't let this film be intentionaly >>>forgotten/hidden from the modern world. to do so is a crime against >>>cinema, history, art and social commentary. we, the film watching >>>public, have the right to see film history uncut and sanitized for >>>pussy arsed clowns who cannot handle the past and its historical >>>crimes against race, religion and whatever else upsets pc facists. to >>>do so is like denying that all those millions of jews and gypsies etc >>>never died in the hollocost. please, please, please make this film >>>available on dvd and show to the world you will not let pc facism >>>dictate the past. >> >>As a young child, I can remember my colleagues and I watching an old >>animated short, probably made back in the '40s, that was being broadcast >>on won of my local television tuner channels. I don't remember what the >>short was about (something to do with a dim-witted huntsman with a >>humourous speech impediment being outsmarted by his prey), but I do >>remember it ending quite abruptly--as if completely missing any sort of >>denouement, whatsoever. >> >>After a series of back-and-forth action between the hapless huntsman and >>the protagonist (a wisecracking devil-may-care rabbit), eventually a >>wayward stick of dynamite blows up in both of their faces. And...cut. >>Roll credits. That's IT! I can clearly remember the confused looks on >>my colleagues' faces as we looked back and forth at won another and the >>screen as if to say, "What happened?" We were, needless to say, upset. >>We felt robbed. This was *our* cartoon, created for *us*--the American >>youth--and it left us with a proverbial "itch" that we could not >>"scratch." >> >>Well, years later, I was "flipping" channels on my television, and I >>happened to see the same cartoon again, this time being broadcast on an >>animation-themed network included as part of my local cable provider's >>basic cable package. I remembered the "apple of discord" created by >>this cartoon and its confusing and abrupt ending, so I continued to >>watch to the end, wondering if my adult sensibilities and life >>experiences would somehow grant me some sense of closure this time. And >>that's when I finally discovered the reason for our contention all those >>years ago: there was, in fact, a missing finale to the cartoon, >>apparently cut, due to racial controversy. >> >>What we were never shown as children was that, following the dynamite >>blowing up in the rabbit's and the huntsman's respective faces, the >>smoke clears, and the two are left sporting what was known in >>"Vaudeville" entertainment as "blackface"--a coal black mask of soot >>covering the face (sans the eyes and lips), imitating the stereotypical >>cartoonish representation of African-Americans in early American >>culture. It doesn't end there. The two then join in a "song and dance" >>routine, dancing together off into the horizon, arm in arm, and singing >>"I Wish I Was in Dixie." >> >>"Oh. My. God," I muttered under my breath. I was shocked. I was >>appalled. I could not believe what I had seen. I couldn't believe that >>all those years, I was missing out on this HILARIOUS ENDING!!! I >>tittered myself silly. I left the situation with a feeling of >>gratification following years of distress at wondering why a cartoon >>would lack any sort of "punch" that these classic animated shorts are >>known for. "Today," I said to myself, "I am a man." >> >>So, in summary: fight censorship. >> >>Love, >>Wavy G > >O. M. G. That was so good, I'm going to have to "blog" it. I love >me. /adds brail keyboard to christmas pressant list for wavy g. ononist extrodinair. >Love, >Wavy G
Don't fight it, metro-golden-meower...Just lie down and try to relax: >On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:16:10 -0500, Wavy G <godsspeciallamb@gmail.com> >wrote: > >>Don't fight it, metro-golden-meower...Just lie down and try to relax: >> >>>i don't know about the rest of you, but i HATE the pc culture and the >>>revisionist history its passes off as a new sparkly clean sanitized >>>and suitable for modern sensibilities world consumption. the whole >>>point of history is we can see how things where, how good or bad it >>>was back then and hopefully learn and not repeat the same mistakes. to >>>rewrite history is denying us this and is doing society a major >>>disservice. >>> >>>i just signed the petition to have this film released and wrote this: >>> >>>don't let pc bullshite re-write more film history, take a moment and >>>think about how warner bros censor thier old cartoons and how >>>'blackfaces' and cleched 'coloured voices' are redubed to rewrite >>>history and cover up what is now percieved as racialy/socialy >>>unacceptable. please don't let this film be intentionaly >>>forgotten/hidden from the modern world. to do so is a crime against >>>cinema, history, art and social commentary. we, the film watching >>>public, have the right to see film history uncut and sanitized for >>>pussy arsed clowns who cannot handle the past and its historical >>>crimes against race, religion and whatever else upsets pc facists. to >>>do so is like denying that all those millions of jews and gypsies etc >>>never died in the hollocost. please, please, please make this film >>>available on dvd and show to the world you will not let pc facism >>>dictate the past. >> >>As a young child, I can remember my colleagues and I watching an old >>animated short, probably made back in the '40s, that was being broadcast >>on won of my local television tuner channels. I don't remember what the >>short was about (something to do with a dim-witted huntsman with a >>humourous speech impediment being outsmarted by his prey), but I do >>remember it ending quite abruptly--as if completely missing any sort of >>denouement, whatsoever. >> >>After a series of back-and-forth action between the hapless huntsman and >>the protagonist (a wisecracking devil-may-care rabbit), eventually a >>wayward stick of dynamite blows up in both of their faces. And...cut. >>Roll credits. That's IT! I can clearly remember the confused looks on >>my colleagues' faces as we looked back and forth at won another and the >>screen as if to say, "What happened?" We were, needless to say, upset. >>We felt robbed. This was *our* cartoon, created for *us*--the American >>youth--and it left us with a proverbial "itch" that we could not >>"scratch." >> >>Well, years later, I was "flipping" channels on my television, and I >>happened to see the same cartoon again, this time being broadcast on an >>animation-themed network included as part of my local cable provider's >>basic cable package. I remembered the "apple of discord" created by >>this cartoon and its confusing and abrupt ending, so I continued to >>watch to the end, wondering if my adult sensibilities and life >>experiences would somehow grant me some sense of closure this time. And >>that's when I finally discovered the reason for our contention all those >>years ago: there was, in fact, a missing finale to the cartoon, >>apparently cut, due to racial controversy. >> >>What we were never shown as children was that, following the dynamite >>blowing up in the rabbit's and the huntsman's respective faces, the >>smoke clears, and the two are left sporting what was known in >>"Vaudeville" entertainment as "blackface"--a coal black mask of soot >>covering the face (sans the eyes and lips), imitating the stereotypical >>cartoonish representation of African-Americans in early American >>culture. It doesn't end there. The two then join in a "song and dance" >>routine, dancing together off into the horizon, arm in arm, and singing >>"I Wish I Was in Dixie." >> >>"Oh. My. God," I muttered under my breath. I was shocked. I was >>appalled. I could not believe what I had seen. I couldn't believe that >>all those years, I was missing out on this HILARIOUS ENDING!!! I >>tittered myself silly. I left the situation with a feeling of >>gratification following years of distress at wondering why a cartoon >>would lack any sort of "punch" that these classic animated shorts are >>known for. "Today," I said to myself, "I am a man." > >the first cartoon i remember being cut/censored was a tom and jerry >one. in the uncut one tom ends up with a dish shaped fountain bowl on >his head and doing a chinese impression. the next time i saw the >cartoon on bbc that scene had be completely removed. i was under 12 at >the time and even back then i was really pissed off they'd cut it. I remember hearing about a cartoon made during WWII in which its main character (an irascible duck with barely intelligible speech) is working for the Nazi Party. The cartoon is apparently considered controversial by today's standards because it presented Hirohito in an extremely negative, stereotypical manner. LOL--the idiot who thought it would be a good idea for the Japanese to team up with a NAZI???? God forbid we make fun of HIM. > >>So, in summary: fight censorship. > >to my mind censorship is just a more acceptable and palatable name for >facism. you've just got to love the free world. > >maybe if i can get motivated i shall post a load of the now banned or >cut toons fo the flonk bin ng. in my way i'll be making available for >viewing what _THEY_ do not want you to see. > >>Love, >>Wavy G -- "Memo to God: Last two things to do: (1) Cancel Wavy. (2) Turn out the lights." --Mimus submits a rewrite for the ending of The Bible. ***************************************** * * * Wavy G * * mail me at: * * godsspeciallamb @ gmail.com * * * * * *****************************************
