Comments on: Racist Popeye: “I Yam What I Yam”

By: aftercreme

aftercreme — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:46:45 +0000

When War starts… racism blooms and decency decays….

By: Barry

Barry — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 05:24:41 +0000

This cartoon is shown as an example of war-time propaganda at the D-Day Museum in New Orleans; it’s runs along side a Japanese propaganda cartoon that’s just as heavy-handed, but directed at Westerners.

By: me

me — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:29:29 +0000

It’s easy to criticize in an era of political correctness. However, examples of such propoganda (humor) is evident since the American Revolution. It truly is nothing new, and no matter how “enlightened” we are, it’ll never go away.

I just think it’s funny how they got their japanese and chinese stereotypes mixed up.

By: Brendan McGinley

Brendan McGinley — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:05:48 +0000

It was told to me once that Popeye was originally aimed at adults. When the guys making it learned kids were seeing it, they had to scale back the content. That’s why White-Suit Popeye is so lame compared to Blue-Suit Popeye, but a big leap up from B&W racist Popeye seen here.

And all this verbal blunderbuss was aimed, I suppose, at bucking up the kind of small, insecure minds that would hold racist opinions and need reassurance. Then again, the Pacific Fleet just got bombed, so I imagine that was a whole lot of minds. Uck.

Racism Week makes me uncomfortable.

By: SWARD

SWARD — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:46:30 +0000

Why the hell did they let kids watch this stuff? If there was a cartoon on today where one of the characters drank gasoline and then ate a bunch of bullets, you know parents would be bitching about it.

And I thought I was familiar with all the Japanese/Chinese stereotypes, but who knew they apparently have such skinny legs?

By: Gary

Gary — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:44:52 +0000

The sexual tension at 2:27 is palpable.