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Q about More Silly Symphonies...
Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 9:46 pm
by BWSmith
Why is "The China Shop" listed as "From the Vault"?
(I've watched it several times, and I can't figure out where the offensive material is.)
Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 9:49 pm
by Escapay
I don't have the set yet, but I'm guessing it's the green devil noted in UD's review, which also couldn't find a reason either...
The China Shop (1934) (8:23)
Another short in the "when the owner's away, the shop will play" mold, this one finds an assortment of china creations coming to life at night. A green devil tries repeatedly to separate the central couple -- man and woman figures dressed in colonial garb. I can't figure out why this one is deemed "Vault" material and I sort of feel dirty looking for offensive material like the way the designation naturally compels us to.
Escapay
Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 3:47 am
by carter1971
I have to leave for work, so I don't have time to get the DVD out to check, but if I recall correctly, it had something to do with the shop owner being a stereotypical Jew.
Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 8:55 am
by Lars Vermundsberget
The question that springs to mind: How many would have noticed if it weren't placed in the "vault" section at all...?
Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 1:18 pm
by carter1971
Probably not very many. I've had to look very hard to find "offensive" material in some of these cartoons.
Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 1:29 pm
by Chernabog
I think it´s there because of the shops owner - he is caricatured as a "typical jew" - I read it somewhere, I don´t remember where now!