buttmunker
Second Unit
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- Oct 14, 2006
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- Mike
I'm curious to know if there has been any uproar or complaints from both the public and private sector over the "racy" cartoon shorts released these past couple years.
I know they probably couldn't complain against the Tom and Jerry Spotlight collections because, for the most part, the discs were botched for retail, and those "in the know" knew how to trade them in for the "real deal."
However, last year's Looney Tunes collection had such questionable shorts as Southern Fried Rabbit and Mississippi Hare, which depict slavery - something that has been avoided for many years on TV and early DVD's (the racy stuff was included in some 1990's VHS tapes - Tom & Jerry's 50th Anniversary collections; and laserdisc).
Reason why I ask is because they haven't quite finished releasing everything there is to release on DVD, and if there are powerful people protesting against this type of material, the process may be halted, and what currently is available may be yanked from the stores and gone forever (only to be bought for hundreds of dollars on E-bay).
I know they probably couldn't complain against the Tom and Jerry Spotlight collections because, for the most part, the discs were botched for retail, and those "in the know" knew how to trade them in for the "real deal."
However, last year's Looney Tunes collection had such questionable shorts as Southern Fried Rabbit and Mississippi Hare, which depict slavery - something that has been avoided for many years on TV and early DVD's (the racy stuff was included in some 1990's VHS tapes - Tom & Jerry's 50th Anniversary collections; and laserdisc).
Reason why I ask is because they haven't quite finished releasing everything there is to release on DVD, and if there are powerful people protesting against this type of material, the process may be halted, and what currently is available may be yanked from the stores and gone forever (only to be bought for hundreds of dollars on E-bay).