DVD Review: Tom and Jerry: Spotlight Collection, Vol. 3
Howard Hughes  |  by dvd.monstersandcritics.com. All rights reserved. 16.10 | 15:42

Even though they plaster that this set is “intended for collectors and not children” everywhere they still omitted “Mouse Cleaning” and “Casanova Cat” since they deemed them to have inappropriate racial stereotyping. WTF? I thought that you said this set was intended for adult collectors who would have the intelligence to realize that these toons come from a time when such stereotypes were considered the norm (not that WB hasn’t plastered warnings about that all over the place on the discs).

Was it right that they were the norm? Nope. But you could still include them and let the “collectors” decide.

Since this is the final collection in the Spotlight Collection, those toons are effectively locked in the vault until less fearful minds prevail.

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