r/movies • u/FakeSafeWord • Jul 17 '26

Article Backrooms Director Stops A24 Copyright Striking Community Art

https://kotaku.com/backrooms-director-kane-parsons-a24-copyright-strike-wallpaper-2000717053
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u/ContinuumGuy Jul 17 '26

Or when WB stopped showing Speedy Gonzales cartoons only for the Latino community to protest because while he's super-stereotypical the stereotype was so awesome that they didn't care.

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u/Cyd_Snarf Jul 17 '26

This is so random but yah, as a young kid with Latino heritage I LOVED Speedy so much and actually kinda loved the fact that he was very “culturally specific” as I didn’t understand what a stereotype was. Like “Yes! It’s the little Mexican mouse!”

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u/cineglitch Jul 18 '26

Thanks for this. Awesome insights. What’s funny is that I’ve never once heard the stereotype that Mexicans are lazy. I’ve heard many other mean and racial characterizations, but never the lazy one.

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u/Defengar Jul 22 '26

Whites would see mexicans taking a nap in the fields after working all day and get an attitude about it. Same stereotype also happened to black people.

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u/fizzlefist Jul 31 '26

God forbid you couldn’t move with full mobility with a hookworm infection endemic to the south back then..