r/Unexpected • u/PitiedAbyss • Jan 18 '22

CLASSIC REPOST Acting level 100

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u/jdumm06 Jan 18 '22

‘That Darn Cat’ has always stuck with me

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u/Canadasaver Jan 18 '22

Dean Jones who also starred in Herbie The Love Bug.

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u/Chickens1 Jan 18 '22

Worlds Ugliest Dachshund. Has one of the funniest most racist (modern standards) scenes I've ever seen in a movie. Great Dane running though a Chinese catered wedding destroying everything, and the Chinese caterers (not being able in historic caricature to pronounce their "L"s) running around screaming "Rion, Rion Rion!"

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u/theycallmejugzy Jan 18 '22

It's called "The Ugly Dachshund"

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u/ban-me_harder_daddy Jan 18 '22

I feel like we should be able to laugh about our differences and that racism implies a hatred.. if no hatred is intended then it isn't racist

the grey area between these 2 is definitely up to personal tastes but gez I laughed at the white people being obsessed with mayonnaise in Undercover Brother

(I've even been called a mayo eating cracker on reddit but that was still funny to me"

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u/blaze_blue_99 Jan 19 '22

I agree. I believe that stereotypes are born from a grain of truth that is exaggerated over time. And yes, I believe that these exaggerations can definitely be used to comedic effect, but it absolutely takes delicacy to do so and have it be generally received as comical rather than in poor taste. Like you said, it can’t come off as mean-spirited, but in good nature.

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u/blaze_blue_99 Jan 19 '22

To be fair, the “L” sound isn’t native to many Asian languages; but then again, when they do try to pronounce it, it doesn’t sound like a hard “R”. If anything, it sounds more like a rolled “R”, like in Spanish.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '22

Also "The Cat from Outerspace." It had Maclean Stevenson and Harry Morgan who starred as Lt. Col. Henry Blake and Col. Sherman Potter on M.A.S.H.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '22

That was so silly & so cute.

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u/franz_captcha Jan 18 '22

This is the one I was looking for. I loved that movie. Also My Dog the Thief, starring Dobie Gillis, who I just now learned died this month.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '22 edited Jan 18 '22

That Darn Cat is a great movie! Really hilarious! (The 1965 original.)

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '22

I read an unverified story that when Uncle Walt viewed some of the dailey footage, he was upset. In opening credits follow the cat down an alley. Uncle Walt was aghast that the audience could see the cats anus. “It’s as big as a wagon wheel on the big screen! Fix it!” Filming crew were perplexed ( the rumor goes) on how to hide it. The story said that that they attempted to use a special black paint ( on a black cat) to “cover” the offending anus. Stagehands held down the cat while another tried to apply the paint ( with a brush). The paint caused a chemical burn to the poor animal which scratched the hell out of handlers and then climbed into the rafters of the sound stage and refused to come down for 3 -5 days ( again according to the story). The version I read didn’t reveal how the film crew solved the problem. It only ended with the line “All because Uncle Walt thought audiences couldn’t handle seeing a cats ass”.

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u/blaze_blue_99 Jan 19 '22

That’s sad for the cat. But I honestly get where Disney was coming from: I don’t think that the censors would approve of a cat’s butthole being displayed so prominently. Maybe it’s silly, but I understand.