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he accidentally falls in black dye though. Of course his face would be black. why is that bad?
by devmunchies 6y ago
he accidentally falls in black dye though. Of course his face would be black. why is that bad?
- khazhoux 6y agoWell it's clearly blackface, 100%. The lips, the wide smile. It's the typical cartoonish depiction of Black people at the time. That was the gag --> "Jerry falls into shoe dye and now he's a negro." Incidentally, another favorite of mine from the 40s --The Spirit comics by Will Eisner-- also feature a character with the cartoon black face: huge lips, etc. Unfortunately, that limits the exposure the comics will get with modern audiences.
- psyc 6y agoYes, that's what happens causally. But the gag is that the result looks like blackface. At least I'm 90% certain that was the intention of the writer / animator.
- jabroni_salad 6y agoI'm going to assume that in this conversation you have not seen the original content and are responding to the text here in a vacuum. Here is the specific symbolism being used so that you may understand the context. https://i.imgur.com/X39LVNF.png https://i.imgur.com/X39LVNF.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Minstrel_PosterBillyVanWare_edit.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Minstrel...