Scrap the Japs (1942)
- Directed by
- Seymour Kneitel
- Genre
- animation, war
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 6 min
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
Popeye is sent to a ship as punishment and ends up fighting Japanese sailors. The cartoon uses racist stereotypes to mock the Japanese during World War II.
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What happens
Scrap the Japs is a 1942 American anti-Japanese cartoon with the popular character Popeye as protagonist. It follows his adventures after being sent for punishment on a ship and running into Japanese sailors. The film was produced by Famous Studios and released on November 20, 1942 by Paramount Pictures, and focuses on racist stereotypes of the Japanese during the war. These images were based on pre-existing images of the Japanese that the American people had in their minds from previous fears about immigration. Because of the racism, this cartoon, along with some other World War II cartoons is now banned from being broadcast in most countries. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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