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I love this movie so much

That was an excellent one.

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

. . . scribbled out OTHELLO with his quill pens. If Ted Turner and his then-spouse "Hanoi Jane" Fonda had decided to get smashed on six pitchers of Mint Juleps and while away an evening Red-Lining the works of "The Bard," no doubt OTHELLO would have appeared on their Shakespearian "Censored Eleven" Blacklist. Nowadays the rest of Hollywood is just catching up to the Warner Bros. savants of the 1930s, with such recent releases as LOVING. However, all is NOT "sweetness and light" in such affairs, as Nicole Brown Simpson learned to her dismay. Sometimes even innocent bystanders such as busboy Ron Goldman get caught up in such incidents of BIRTH OF A NATION-like rage. Warner Bros. suggests that the products or legacies of such pairings constitute the proverbial "Fate Worse Than Death" to many if not most Americans in their right minds. (If you're not with Warner's program, watch GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER and you'll see that it's the Black Mailman Dad who is the most cognizant of this fact.) No matter how much the Bleeding Heart Liberals want to condemn the Nicoles and Rons of Modern America to tragic demises in order to satisfy their delusion that we all live in a world of Unicorns and friendly Dragons, Warner Bros. was, is, and always will be in the forefront of sharing a frank, unblinking view of Reality with America, no matter how many pitchers of booze Ted and Jane chug down.

Jungle Jitters (1938)** (out of 4) Rather bland cartoon from Warner takes place in Africa and it starts off as a group of cannibals are dancing and then they turn into a merry-go-round where they then play a game trying to pull the nose ring out of one man's nose. From here the story focuses on a salesman who shows up at a home where the cannibal at first want to eat him before deciding to marry him off to an ugly queen. JUNGLE JITTERS is best remembered today for being one of the "Censored 11" from Warner, which of course got pulled off of television due to their racial content. Overall, this one here really isn't all that offensive but then again, that's going to be determined by the one actually watching since we've all got our own lines that we don't think should be crossed. Overall there are a couple funny moments in this one including the scene where the salesman shows up and the cannibals look at him and see him as a turkey. The ugly queen is certainly one of the ugliest creatures ever drawn in these animated movies and it makes for a fun ending. There's even a Clark Gable joke thrown in for good measures. Still, there's no question that there simply aren't enough laughs to keep this one from being better.

"Jungle Jitters" is one of the eleven cartoons, all from the 30's and 40's, that were put on a list in 1968 called the "Censored 11", and banned from television, as they were considered too racist. Nonetheless, I was born eighteen years later, and I remember watching this one a lot on video as a kid, and enjoying it. However, I was entertained by just about everything I saw on TV or video at the time, and I no longer find this animated short very amusing.The cartoon begins with an African tribe doing various things, including dancing, drumming, and riding on a merry-go-round. However, their fun is interrupted when someone comes to their doors. It turns out to be a silly door-to-door salesman (one with a dog's face) on the other side of the wall. As this salesman waits for someone to answer, members of the tribe look down at him from above, and he doesn't realize that this is a tribe of cannibals who want to eat him for dinner! When I watched this cartoon as a kid, I obviously never thought of it as racist, as that word wasn't even in my vocabulary at the time. Right now, I can understand the controversy, but that's definitely not my main problem with the short. Yes, it does portray Africans as cannibals, but it has been nearly seventy years since it was made, and I don't think there's any point in getting worked up about it now. What is my main problem with "Jungle Jitters"? Well, if you ask me, it's simply not very funny. The only part that makes me laugh is when the salesman knocks on the doors, and tribe members keep opening and closing them. I probably don't get a lot of the gags simply because they are out-of-date, and I would probably have a better understanding of the cartoon if I knew more about the era in which it was made.Nowadays, this 1938 animated short can cause different reactions from viewers. Some could find it appallingly racist, while others may think those people are overreacting, and defend the cartoon by saying it's not THAT offensive, and/or that the stereotyping is not all that one-sided. So, there's obviously a lot of controversy among those who are familiar with "Jungle Jitters" over whether banning it was a wise decision or not. However, if the cartoon were 100% politically correct, I don't think too many people would be talking about it anymore, as I don't think it has anything else that could give it much recognition these days. While some could still find it amusing, I would say it's probably too dated to have wide appeal today.

I see these "banned" things and react variously. I think Amos and Andy, for instance is ennobling, and the often respected "Song of the South" disgusting in its racial typing.This one seems pretty offensive too, especially at the beginning where multi-hued cannibals prance around in what must be a near carbon copy of a similar scene with "Indians." Its darn upsetting. But then the other characters get introduced, a white guy and the queen who inexplicably is white. Well, maybe she's white because having her attack the salesman romantically really would be unacceptable for the time.As with all these, everyone seems to be stereotyped to the same extent. There aren't any characters that are not poked fun at.But in this case, I think it should be shelved.Ted's Evaluation -- 1 of 3: You can find something better to do with this part of your life.