Posted on 03/08/2021 9:58:51 AM PST by Impala64ssa
Comedian Gabriel Iglesias defended the cartoon mouse Speedy Gonzalez, whom Iglesias is voicing in the upcoming Space Jam sequel, against claims that the mouse perpetuates “corrosive stereotypes.”
Iglesias took to Twitter on Saturday, shooting down any attempt at potentially canceling the cartoon mouse over claims that he or his cartoon friends contribute to harmful stereotypes of Mexicans.
“I am the voice of Speedy Gonzales in the new Space Jam. Does this mean they are gonna try to cancel Fluffy too?” Iglesias, who is nicknamed Fluffy, posted with an image of Speedy Gonzalez. “U can’t catch me cancel culture. I’m the fastest mouse in all of Mexico
Speedy Gonzalez, along with several other cartoon characters, came under scrutiny on Wednesday after Charles Blow, a columnist for The New York Times, wrote a defense of those businesses and groups that have canceled six books by Theodor Seuss Geisel, known as Dr. Seuss, over allegations of racism. Blow included in his column a handful of cartoons and other shows that he claimed pushed toxic culture. As Blow writes:
Some of the first cartoons I can remember included Pepé Le Pew, who normalized rape culture; Speedy Gonzales, whose friends helped popularize the corrosive stereotype of the drunk and lethargic Mexicans; and Mammy Two Shoes, a heavyset Black maid who spoke in a heavy accent.
Reruns were a fixture in the pre-cable days, so I watched children’s shows like Tarzan, about a half-naked white man in the middle of an African jungle who conquers and tames it and outwits the Black people there, who are all portrayed as primitive, if not savage. I watched the old “Our Gang” (“Little Rascals”) shorts in which the Buckwheat character summoned all the stereotypes of the pickaninny.
And of course, I watched westerns that regularly depicted Native Americans as aggressive, bloodthirsty savages against whom valiant white men were forced to fight.
Blow’s column sparked backlash in defense of the cartoons that millions of Americans grew up watching. Many spoke out in defense of Pepé Le Pew, a cartoon skunk famous for his numerous failed attempts to woo a black and white cat.
“[Right wing] blogs are mad [because] I said Pepe Le Pew added to rape culture,” Blow tweeted on Saturday. “Let’s see. 1. He grabs/kisses a girl/stranger, repeatedly, [without] consent and against her will. 2. She struggles mightily to get away from him, but he won’t release her 3. He locks a door to prevent her from escaping.”
“This helped teach boys that ‘no’ didn’t really mean no, that it was a part of ‘the game’, the starting line of a power struggle,” argued Blow. “It taught overcoming a woman’s strenuous, even physical objections, was normal, adorable, funny. They didn’t even give the woman the ability to SPEAK.”
Last week, Amazon, eBay, and Dr. Seuss Enterprises all stripped six of Seuss’s works from their platforms, canceling the books over claims that the images and descriptions in the books are racist or offensive.
Thank you, FLUFFY❣❣❣❣❣
This is ever so much more efficient than the old book burning and carbon-neutral too!
It's not about that. The racist and sexist left will not be happy until minorities are segregated, packaging is purged of any person of color, cartoons are made white again, and women are subjected to men's sports and bathroom intrusions.
Just like the salad days they remember...
Fluffy is a thinking man in full. The current zeitgeist foolishness hates that. Sic ‘em, Fluffy!
I heard that Speedy Gonzalez is very popular in Latin America. The Latino audience doesn’t care about stereotypes; what matters is that the protagonist is one of them!
Iglasias’s humor is great. Check out “The Gift Basket”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2HgXRNVT7g&t=2s
and here i always thought they were portrayed as lazy and useless like his cousin Slo-Pokes
My oldest brother had a 1967 23-window, back in the mid-70s, same color as the one in the photo. His didn’t have safari windshields, though. Bet he wishes he’d kept it.
I had a ‘68 van that was destroyed when a tree blew down onto it, and later I had a ‘69 van. I do wish I still had that car. Can’t afford old VWs now.
Mexicans being speedy around noon is hardly a stereotype.
I’ve seen one or two Tom and Jerry episodes where a black woman is in the kitchen yelling at Tom to catch that mouse. Silly me I didn’t know that was racist.
The thing is that if you watch Tom & Jerry in a foreign country, you see all of the episodes that they wouldn't show here, even in countries with large black populations.
I was a kid, but I remember the character on Tom & Jerry. At the time, to me it was just Tom's owner, and couldn't wait to see how she was going to give Tom a beatdown at the end of the cartoon.
It didn't dawn on me that I had to look at the character in any other way besides that
The problem is that those T&J cartoons featuring that character were canceled from the airways in the USA, sometime around the 80's (maybe earlier).
I always thought the skunk cartoons sucked. I would turn them off. What eight year old boy wants to see romantic stuff?
I think this is his funniest:
“Racist gift Basket” the original uncensored version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbppTv4pCGQ
What next? Elmer Fudd is a memeber of the “armed right wing milita”? Sometimes I feel like I am back in Junior High School. These people are acting like a bunch of juveniles. Every day there is just more immature crap!
Ha Ha!
El Raton Frio!
(((It Has a bit of Cache’)))
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