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Universal PicturesScrub Me Mama With A Boogie Beat (1941)

Scrub Me Mama With A Boogie Beat is a public domain cartoon centering around a port city of black people. The cartoon is satirizing black people in a racist manner.

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This movie is part of the collection: Animation Shorts

Producer: Universal Pictures
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Keywords: racist black cartoon universal

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Reviewer: goth_Snob - - October 18, 2008
Subject: Trash...
yeah, I'm not easily offended either, but good Gods this is horrible!

I just watched a Betty Boop cartoon that had racial stereotypes as well, but they were benign in comparison.

Laziness, watermelons, is there a stereotype they DON'T use?????

Bloody awful...

Reviewer: Seto-Kaiba_Is_Stupid - - August 20, 2008
Subject: Rotten Garbage
I love old time animation, and I'm not easily offended. But oh sweet Buddha, This cartoon is garbage. Everybody condemns the 50's but a quick look at "Beulah" and "The Jack Benny Program" show just how far America had come since 1941. Both of those shows feature black people in dignified roles, and although they play servants, the charactors they play are actually quite smart. This 1941 cartoon is unintentionally hilarious in it's horrible stereotypes. I'm glad it was preserved, but frankly I can't understand a 4-star rating.

Reviewer: Spuzz - - August 5, 2008
Subject: MORE WATERMELON?
Probably THE most controversial and racist cartoon ever made, it's still quite amusing AND amazing to catch who is who. Like the riverboat female is obviously Lena Horne, the ship's captain is Louis Armstrong.. There was a few others. Plenty and PLENTY for you to be offended at. By the guy who gave you Woody Woodpecker.