laugh4me
05-04-2001, 09:38 AM
Found this extract of the WSJ June Bugs article:
The Cartoon Network had planned to run every Bugs Bunny cartoon ever produced in its “June Bugs” series, but now the company’s executives have decided that twelve episodes have racial content too inappropriate to be shown. A number of original Bugs Bunny cartoons contain racial and ethnic stereotypes of African-Americans, Native Americans, Germans and Japanese that were acceptable in the 1930s and 1940s. The Cartoon Network had considered airing the historic episodes with a caution reading, “Cartoon Network does not endorse the use of racial slurs. These vintage cartoons are presented as representative of the time in which they were created and are presented for their historical value.” But Warner Bros., the Cartoon Network’s fellow AOL Time Warner company, did not want Bugs Bunny’s image to be tarnished with racism.
For additional information refer to The Wall Street Journal or go to http://www.wsj.com.
Here's the article (http://library.northernlight.com/UU20010504150000016.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc)
When asked about it, here was Bugs Bunny's reaction (http://www.nonstick.com/sounds/Bugs_Bunny/ltbb_049.wav)
The Cartoon Network had planned to run every Bugs Bunny cartoon ever produced in its “June Bugs” series, but now the company’s executives have decided that twelve episodes have racial content too inappropriate to be shown. A number of original Bugs Bunny cartoons contain racial and ethnic stereotypes of African-Americans, Native Americans, Germans and Japanese that were acceptable in the 1930s and 1940s. The Cartoon Network had considered airing the historic episodes with a caution reading, “Cartoon Network does not endorse the use of racial slurs. These vintage cartoons are presented as representative of the time in which they were created and are presented for their historical value.” But Warner Bros., the Cartoon Network’s fellow AOL Time Warner company, did not want Bugs Bunny’s image to be tarnished with racism.
For additional information refer to The Wall Street Journal or go to http://www.wsj.com.
Here's the article (http://library.northernlight.com/UU20010504150000016.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc)
When asked about it, here was Bugs Bunny's reaction (http://www.nonstick.com/sounds/Bugs_Bunny/ltbb_049.wav)