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Post by Rufus-T on Sept 1, 2021 17:43:37 GMT
Popeye was my favorite cartoon as a kid.
This is the very first episode.
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Post by snsurone on Sept 2, 2021 10:11:48 GMT
I recall Popeye cartoons from WW2, still aired in the late 50s, with our sailor hero beating up toothy "Japs" and sinking their battleships. Yeah, those were great cartoons, even if they are dated and un-PC. One in particular, "A Jolly Good Furlough", spoofed wartime rationing, with the wheels of Olives car as spokes with her shoes attached.
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Post by snsurone on Jun 26, 2022 14:02:04 GMT
We look at Popeye with modern eyes and don't see what the original audience saw back in the 1930's. Popeye is a film that takes on immigration. Many Americans were alarmed at the massive wave of Europeans arriving in major cities from 1880-1924 (when quotas were passed by Congress). Popeye is a Red/White/Blue all American sailor who has to deal with Wimpy (German stereotype) Olive Oil (Italian) and Bluto (Italian or Russian). In several of the cartoons, Popeye punches Bluto so hard he goes over the ocean back to his own country. How was Wimpy a "German stereotype"? When he spoke, he had a clipped English accent. Also, how was Bluto "Italian" or "Russian"? He seemed to have no real nationality at all--just a thug from anywhere! Olive's family names were the funniest: hers, Castor's, Nana's, Cole's, etc.
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