Watch Confederate Honey For Free

One of my all time favorites.

Great Film overall

For having a relatively low budget, the film's style and overall art direction are immensely impressive.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

"Confederate Honey" has apparently been pulled out of circulation by Warner Brothers because they are concerned it might offend Black-Americans. While I can understand why, this is a rare case when removing it isn't all that bad because the film isn't among the studios better cartoons of the era."Confederate Honey" is supposed to be a send-off of the recent film, "Gone With the Wind". The problem is that it isn't that funny and apart from a few items (such as the lady being named "Crimson" instead of "Scarlet"), it seems to bear only a very minor similarity to the film. The biggest similarity are the happy slaves--a 1930s and 40s creation that just didn't jibe with the facts--and this is probably why it's not in circulation. If you must see it, this and many other banned films are available to watch or download for free at archive.org.

This Elmer Fudd short is clearly spoofing 'Gone with the Wind' with Elmer playing Ned Cutler a gentleman who has caught the eye of Crimson O'Hairoil. One day he is about to ask her a question, she and the viewer, assumes he plans to propose. However war is declared so he departs to do his bit for his country while Crimson waits for him to return. We also see something of the life of people in the state including, controversial in this day and age, the depictions of black slaves picking cotton and one acting as a horse parking attendant.This short isn't banned but I'm not surprised that it is no longer shown on television due to the depiction of the slaves; one in particular is depicted as being very lazy... if it hand just been a lazy farm hand it would have been funny but the racial overtones of making the character a black slave are obvious. Not all the gags involving black characters seemed offensive to be though; the sight of one parking Ned's horse in the way one might park a car was quite funny. There are enough funny moments to make this worth watching; including the final moment when we learn what Ned wanted to ask Crimson; just remember that some scenes may cause offence.

Spoilers herein.Many of the cartoons from this era were built around making fun of specific popular items: books, movies and such. The whole idea was to show everything in the most ridiculous light.Some of these, like this one (and scores of others) tread on matters of race. Either they deal with WWII Asians, or Blacks of some ilk. They are all now in `collections of shame' in various institutions, and deemed unsuitable for viewing. Racist.In the States, racism is the big taboo, so these are considered too offensive to watch because of the role of blacks, their minstrel-like appearance and the resulting stereotypical behavior. Never mind that in many cases the non-Blacks are portrayed in much the same way - ostensibly because as oppressors a spoof of themselves cannot be oppressive.This particular instance makes fun of a film (then fresh) rather than society at large and is in a special category, which to my mind puts it on the acceptable side of that great dividing line. Its the film that's racist, this most popular film in history. Pointing that out humorously seems to me in the best tradition of the Waylons, and that's a good thing.Ted's Evaluation -- 2 of 3: Has some interesting elements.

Yes, details of why the Civil War happened are just too heavy for a cartoon, especially in 1940. I guess it just wouldn't be funny to have any shred of history in this cartoon. Fair enough. But why must anyone other than mainstream people be a caricature? Yes, all Blacks in this cartoon are the typical stereotypes.I've seen every religious and racial group lampooned in cartoons. But what you get here is the extra irony for Blacks.