The DVD Release of Mr. Magoo has changed Charlie the house boy's voice to a polically correct
voice. No more "Bloss bloss" or "Mister Maglue"
--- MB Software Solutions General Account <mbsoftwaresolutions (AT) mbsoftwaresolutions DOT com> wrote:
> My son and I were watching "Tom and Jerry" cartoons during breakfast
> this morning, and I could *swear* that they've gone back and
> voice-overed some of the original parts. For example, the Mammie parts
> are not as they were originally: Mammie sounds less stereotypical
> (different woman's voice) and now she spells the word "out" correctly.
> Aficionados recall that when she spelled it, she spelled it "OWT" and
> hence one of the many jokes (--just like Fred Flintstone did too, so it
> wasn't making fun of a particular race/color of people per say) but I
> really get the feeling they changed it as they felt it offended a
> certain ethnicity of people.
>
> And I don't even see Popeye cartoons on anymore...now THEY would need
> more clean-up than T&J I bet! Sometimes while preparing dinner I watch
> "All in the Family" with Archie Bunker (on TV-Land channel) and it's
> hilarious. I'm 99% sure they wouldn't get away with that script in
> today's highly sensitive politically correct culture.
>
> Regarding the cartoons, I see why they do it--perhaps so no one feels
> slighted, but it's a shame too of a sort that the classics are no longer
> the original they once were. I didn't turn into a racist and I doubt my
> son would have if he had seen the unedited versions that I saw 20-25
> years ago.
>
> I say "get rid of that political correctness crap!!!!"
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