Paul Heslop wrote:
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> Dale Houstman wrote:
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> > Paul Heslop wrote:
> > > elag wrote:
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> > >
> > >>For example in the Little Rascals/Our Gang comedies there's a bit of
> > >>"racial" schtick, but on the other hand they also feature black and
> > >>white characters who are friends. You'll find very little of that in
> > >>other films of the era, which was during the defacto apartheid in the US.
> > >>
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> > > An excellent point. They are indeed friends and the girls aren't always treat as second class citizens either,
> > > though there was a big play on the pretty one getting her way etc.
> > >
> >
> > But it seems that the pretty DO get their way, so is it really a
> > stereotype or a fairly accurate observation?
> >
> > dmh
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> Both :O) But come on, if they had a five year old girl twitching her butt seductively to a little boy nowadays
> they'd get shot. They Hayes(?) code was a little slack wasn't it?
Sure, it wouldn't be done quite the same way today. Still, if you've
ever seen one of those baby beauty pageants you'd see a bit more of the
ol' bump and grind than you might expect. I've even seen a few similar
scenes on network TeeVee comedies.
The Hayes code wasn't strictly enforced in many cases until 1934 - 35,
and a lot of the Our Gang films (including the silent ones) were made
before that date. Anyway they had a bit more "innocent" view of kiddies
doing such things in those days. Still, I expect you'd see some changes
in pre-code and post-code Our Gang comedies.
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