Disney Censorship: Three Little Pigs 1933 original vs. 1948 reanimated scene

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[–]makesyoudownvote 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Oh Woah!

This scene is apparently almost the entire basis by the way for the widespread belief that Walt Disney was anti-semetic. In his personal life he was actually very embracing of different religions and cultures relative to the time.

That's it. Really. Look it up sometime.

He employed and was friends with many jewish people, and by their accounts never did anything wrong outside of contemporary standards. Hell by the standards of this site he was practically a philosemite. Yet this is enough justification for Meryl Fucking Streep to go on a rant about him.

Was he racist, sexist and anti-semetic by today's standards? Sure, but everyone even 5 years ago is if we are honest with ourselves. Disney started 100 years ago for God's sake!

I hadn't seen the two scenes side by side like this, but I can kinda see how people thought this was anti-semetic. I just think that's a stretch though to anyone who understands contemporary cartoons and how they worked at the time. The whole idea was the exaggerate stereotypes. It played with racism and stereotypes in a disarming and jovial way, much like how sketch cartoonists will exaggerate your features like buck teeth or pouty lips.

Also this is a wolf in disguise. He's disguised as a door to door salesmen, and the long nose is clearly to hide his own long nose just like wolves have. The Jewish stereotype just happens to physically match the wolves features, which in itself is the joke. There isn't anything inherently anti-semetic about it, just like if he was wearing sheep's clothing it wouldn't be caprinaephobic. It undoubtedly adds complexity and tension to the scene, and is better in it's original uncensored version.

[–]Dragonerne 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

This is a cultural/christian reference to "wolves in sheeps clothing", also known as Jews. The reference is about how jews are subversive and deceptive, which they are. Their deception and subversion don't work work when people know about them.

Most of European children stories were about making the children notice the patterns of the jew. From vampires, wolves, shapeshifting werewolves, witches and so on. They're all references to jews.

[–]makesyoudownvote 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I'm not sure if I believe that. This is sort of that horseshoe theory thing, because that sounds a lot like how the left tends to justify these things. All that cloak and dagger, "dog whistle" racism is everywhere, just always masked sort of thing.

Vampires predate even Jews, and the modern vampire origin of Dracula clearly isn't Jewish.

Also if you look at the mythos, they actually seem to have more to do with disease than anything else. Silver, garlic and running water are all ways of preventing diseases.

There is undoubtedly some overlap. I don't doubt that said myths have been used to create fear and distinction from other races, ethnicities and religions, but I think to call it THE reason is inaccurate.

[–]jacques1102 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

According to antisemitists, the jews control the media along with everything else... but here we're led to believe they would also let media "warn" everyone of their supposedly villainous facial features?

Which is it, buckaroos?