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minus-squareGrammaton Cleric@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up38arrow-down5·2 years ago100% boomer humor. The jokes are so dated, they literally changed the housekeepers voice to sound less racist than the original version.
minus-squarerockerface 🇺🇦@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·2 years agoThe best jokes are the ones that don’t need the voice though
minus-squareGrammaton Cleric@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·2 years agoThat’s just slapstick humor, something all cartoons back then had.
minus-squareChicoSuave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·2 years agoWe know Tom and Jerry because it holds up and is funny now. Look at the other cartoons and see the quality difference. They are unfunny by today’s standards and probably not great when they were released.
minus-squareBuffaloaf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 years agoYeah there was a lot of racism, at least in the beginning. e.g.
minus-squareKiosade@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·2 years agoWow I thought Jerry dressed up in blackface was the shocking part, then it showed the actual islanders… they didnt even look human 😨
minus-squarebob_wiley@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoWere they supposed to be human? Tom and Jerry typically never showed human faces.
minus-squareMrGerrit@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoThey’re cannibal cats. Jerry got chased by a cannibal mouse at the end.
minus-squareKiosade@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·2 years agoThat’s just it, I think the show creators saw those people as “sub-humans” or whatever. Truly disgusting.
minus-squarebob_wiley@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoI think the other person who replied to me got it right. Tom was chased by cannibal cats, and Jerry was chased by a cannibal mouse. There weren’t human or trying to be human.
minus-squareMindSkipperBro12@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 years agoWe must’ve watched different shows then.
minus-squareGrammaton Cleric@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 years agoThere are literally two versions of the OG cartoons.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·2 years agoBecause as we all know, you can identify racists by the sound of their voice.
minus-squareGrammaton Cleric@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 years agoNo, the voice was a racist depiction of a black housekeeper. Read up on it, or find the old versions.
100% boomer humor. The jokes are so dated, they literally changed the housekeepers voice to sound less racist than the original version.
The best jokes are the ones that don’t need the voice though
That’s just slapstick humor, something all cartoons back then had.
We know Tom and Jerry because it holds up and is funny now. Look at the other cartoons and see the quality difference. They are unfunny by today’s standards and probably not great when they were released.
Yeah there was a lot of racism, at least in the beginning. e.g.
Wow I thought Jerry dressed up in blackface was the shocking part, then it showed the actual islanders… they didnt even look human 😨
Were they supposed to be human? Tom and Jerry typically never showed human faces.
They’re cannibal cats.
Jerry got chased by a cannibal mouse at the end.
That’s just it, I think the show creators saw those people as “sub-humans” or whatever. Truly disgusting.
I think the other person who replied to me got it right. Tom was chased by cannibal cats, and Jerry was chased by a cannibal mouse. There weren’t human or trying to be human.
wow
We must’ve watched different shows then.
There are literally two versions of the OG cartoons.
Because as we all know, you can identify racists by the sound of their voice.
No, the voice was a racist depiction of a black housekeeper. Read up on it, or find the old versions.