The Knight Life by Keith Knight for November 21, 2014
November 20, 2014
November 22, 2014
Transcript:
KK: what are you doing up there mabel? Mabel: what does it look like? electing a black man president is one thing but freeing my favorite comic strip characters from slavery is going way to far!! My worlds turned upside down!! This is worse than when they stopped using blackface in 1986!!
steverinoCT over 9 years ago
I was re-watching “Holiday Inn” (Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire) and was amazed when they donned blackface! I hadn’t remembered that part. And the sympathetic Mammy character and chillun’.It wasn’t malicious, it was the times, I guess, but even so… A good movie other than that (the debut of the song “White Christmas”).
steverinoCT over 9 years ago
Also brings to mind the ‘30s B&W Warner Bros cartoons they don’t show anymore.
MChamp42 over 9 years ago
@steverinoAlso Disney’s “Song of the South” is not shown anymore. The happy life on the old plantation?
Elvanion over 9 years ago
You can pick up Song of the South in Europe pretty easily, Disney is not so ashamed it won’t sell it (and since it is based on far older tales, why should they be ashamed) but is smart enough not to court the lawsuits Al Sharpton or someone will file if you can buy it here.