Which Is Witch

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Which is Witchis a Looney Tunes cartoon released by Warner Bros. in 1949, directed by Friz Freleng and written by Tedd Pierce. The cartoon was released on December 3, 1949, and features Bugs Bunny. [1]

Plot

A native -later known as dr. Spots- cooking up a potion in his big cauldron. He check on the list of the ingredients, he has the lizard tongue, fish eyes, gnats' eyebrows, jigger of xxx, bee-stingers, leopard spots and frogs' legs. But he throws a screaming tantrum when he discovers that he's out of rabbit.

Meanwhile Bugs Bunny get lost in the jungle and decided to go place named Kuka Munga, walking and exploring the place while humming doesn’t know yet he made a bad choice. Then Bugs meet dr. Spots. Dr. Spots then guides Bugs to his home where his cauldron and potion there, mistakenly Bugs assume that’s a hot bath. Bugs enter the cauldron and enjoy his bath for a while until dr. Spots closed the cauldron and the water starts getting hotter. Realized that he’s being cooked Bugs runaway to save himself. While dr. Spots trying to catch Bugs, Bugs disguised himself as Zulu native woman but failed.

Run to the river, Bugs swim to catch a ship but in the water Bugs meet the crocodile but can manage to pass it. Knowing Bugs get on the ship, dr. Spots follows and swim the river but can’t make it. The crocodile arrived at the ship and Bugs asks “where is the the doctor?”. The crocodile said he ate the doctor. Although the witch doctor is his enemy, Bugs wrestles with the crocodile, finally emerging from the water a crocodile skin handbag from which Spots emerges unharmed, clad in crocodile skin attire.

Racial stereotyping in Which Is Witch

The Controversy

This cartoon was banned along with another 11 cartoon from Cartoon Networks for featuring extensive ethnic stereotyping.[2] This cartoon portrayed dark-skinned character as a native and talk in indescribable language. Bugs also disguised as Zulu by stretching his lips with plates to make it bigger and putting a spring on his neck.

External Link

Watch Which Is Witch at Dailymotion
Which Is Witch at IMDb

References

  1. Which Is Witch. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
  2. Which is Witch, Looney Tunes Fandom. Retrieved January 6, 2021.