Good Old Fashioned Family Racism
March 30th, 2007
Another installment of Disney for Grownups, here’s the original 1938 Oscar-nominated film, “Mother Goose Goes Hollywood,” a zany tribute to the golden age of film back when it was in its adolesence. And, of course, the film becomes a Looney Tune once the black characters with high energy show up. Predating Clampett’s “Coal Black” by 5 years. Who knows? Maybe this film inspired the crows from “Dumbo.”
Rumor has it that Edgar Bergen voiced Charley MacCarthy in this film, connecting him to the studio which would later hire him for “Fun and Fancy Free.”
Note that Chico Marx performs his patented “shooting the keys” of the piano gimmick.
Enjoy!
-Jake
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On April 4th, 2007 at 12:00 am
Hi,
There are so many other racist stereotypes in cartoons, and Cab CALLOWAY was among the most caricatured! See for instance Frank TASHLIN’s “Porky at the Crocadero” which is available on my website: http://www.thehidehoblog.com