Tom and Jerry in "Plane Dumb" (1932)

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Tom and Jerry are fictional characters in a series of early sound cartoons produced by the Van Beuren Studios. Plane Dumb is the 12th Tom and Jerry cartoon, released 4 June 1932. The Official Films purchased the Van Beuren library back in the 1950s, then the characters were renamed to "Dick and Larry" to avoid confusion with the famous MGM's cat and mouse team of the same name.

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Plot

Tom and Jerry were flying on a plane to Africa. Afraid of being attacked by the native, Tom and Jerry disguise by coloring their white skin into darker skin tone and change their dialect to match the native. Unfortunately the plane crashed to the ocean and they encounter with sea monsters such as octopus, swordfish, shark, and whale. Once on land they're welcomed by fantastic creatures from African jungle. Frightened they're hide into a dark cave. What waiting inside is even worse, they encountered with skeletons also pictured black and have exaggerate big lips. Realized the cave is not safe Tom and Jerry leave the cave but when they arrived at the outside of the cave, they discovered by African Tribesmen and of course they knew Tom and Jerry is not one of their tribes and chase Tom and Jerry. The cartoon ended by Tom and Jerry take their make up off.[1]

The Controversies

The Statement: "We wouldn't be safe in Africa"
The Stereotype: Tom and Jerry change their skin into darker skin tone and even change their lips to exaggerate big lips and dialect
The Animals: The animals in the cartoon pictured with dark skin tone and exaggerate big lips
The Tribesmen: The tribesman shown in the cartoon human with darker color skin with spear in hand and bones in hair


References


External Link

Plane Dumb in Youtube
Plane Dumb in IMDb