Nobody draws the Irish this way anymore. I blame cancel culture.pic.twitter.com/9mJZ6bPj2F
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So, something I didn't know:the simian Irish imagery continued for as long as X-Men #28 (1967) with The Banshee. (Created by Roy Thomas and Werner Roth).https://twitter.com/Jezzerat/status/1373149788586319874 …
Like comedians, illustrators and cinematographers are wired to take shortcuts where they can
I don't think it's so much short cuts as inherited traditions. I mean Seuss was alive when these types of images were common.
Reminded of stories about Watto and some other aliens in the Star Wars prequels, that Lucas thought racist caricatures had been made into such detailed characters but so far removed from the people they were intended to caricature, he thought they could be separated from that
(I have no idea if that's an accurate description of his thought process, it was a claim that went around at the time)
Admit it you work for the Whos
Agatha Christie "10 Little N-words" becomes 10 Little Indians becomes Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson & 10 Little Indians tale of genocide is still taught in schools. Disney's Old King Cole from Silly Symphony series.https://indiancountrytoday.com/archive/ten-little-indians-genocidal-nursery-rhyme …
It was a different time being a cat.
Kind of like the "wop" stereotypes that Chico Marx built his character on.
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