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Cannibal CapersArt often imitates life—and animation is no exception. While today's Disney films like Frozen and Big Hero 6 seem harmless enough, the company's history is littered with everything from horrifying depictions of African natives in Cannibal Capers (1930) or Trader Mickey (1932) to unflattering stereotypes of Jews in Three LIttle Pigs (1933).It isn't just Disney we're picking on here—in their defense, they did release an anti-nazi propaganda film during WWII, Education For Death. In fact, everyone from Dr. Seuss to Tom And Jerry featured some pretty dubious content, the latter of which now comes with a warning on Amazon Prime and iTunes that reads, "These animated shorts are products of their time. Some of them may depict ethnic and racial prejudices that were once commonplace in American society."
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Education For Death"Who knows if any art produced matters. Nothing really has a shelf life anymore because everything that is produced has a platform to be seen and heard, mostly I feel because everyone has the same tools to make their material seen," Norris replies. "Our appetites are larger because we know we can get more and we want to experience it all, even if it's just for a second." You can almost hear him perceptibly sigh even though we're communicating via e-mail. "Being a creative now, political or not, almost seems useless. But I think that's for a different article.Click here to check out work by Steak Mtn.Related:Cartoon Violence You Won't See On TVOriginal Creators: Walt Disney"Unhappily Ever After" Has Disney Heroes Face The Horrors Of Real Life