Though I'd love to see you guys try to explain the Our Gang short where one of the African American kids is having a bad day throughout, only to be cheered up with a watermelon at the story's end.
Those post-Hal Roach, MGM-produced OUR GANG shorts were dreadful. In one, Buckwheat says he was almost hit by a car or something the night before. Spanky responds - "Well you shouldn't be out at night anyway!" It doesn't get any worse than that.
Though I'd love to see you guys try to explain the Our Gang short where one of the African American kids is having a bad day throughout, only to be cheered up with a watermelon at the story's end.
Those post-Hal Roach, MGM-produced OUR GANG shorts were dreadful. In one, Buckwheat says he was almost hit by a car or something the night before. Spanky responds - "Well you shouldn't be out at night anyway!" It doesn't get any worse than that.
Retroactive censorship is not the answer. I have a visceral hatred of any.form of censorship. The cure is worse than the disease.
I have.no problem with some form of disclaimer/contextual historical analysis. Bruce
Mr. Marshall:Retroactive censorship is not the answer. I have a visceral hatred of any.form of censorship. The cure is worse than the disease.
I have.no problem with some form of disclaimer/contextual historical analysis.
Your snowflakes are showing, Marshall.
Typical mis-educated troll, conflating criticism of “cultural context cues” with an assumption of rabid censoriousness on the part of the critics, when no one even suggested it.
I could stomach Breitbart.com self-censoring their bottom-of-the-page links, however.
Though I'd love to see you guys try to explain the Our Gang short where one of the African American kids is having a bad day throughout, only to be cheered up with a watermelon at the story's end.
Those post-Hal Roach, MGM-produced OUR GANG shorts were dreadful. In one, Buckwheat says he was almost hit by a car or something the night before. Spanky responds - "Well you shouldn't be out at night anyway!"
