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China Jones (1959)

China Jones poster
Directed by
Robert McKimson
Genre
animation
Country
United States
Runtime
6 min
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Daffy Duck plays a detective in a parody of a 1950s TV series. Porky Pig appears as his sidekick. The short includes ethnic caricatures that later caused it to be rarely shown.

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What happens

China Jones is a 1959 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes short directed by Robert McKimson. The short was released on February 14, 1959, and stars Daffy Duck and Porky Pig. This cartoon later became rarely shown in the United States due to ethnic caricatures of Chinese and other East Asian people. The cartoon is a spoof of the 1950s TV series China Smith, starring Dan Duryea. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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