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Who does a bunny represent here?

Asked by Sneki95 (7017points) September 5th, 2016

Here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=522qtqjSagM

I assume it’s some politician, but my knowledge of WW2 history is too weak…..

Also, what do you think of this cartoon? Do you find it funny or is it offensive?
Of course, it’s incredibly racist by nowadays standards, but would you justify the making of this cartoon, considering the time it was made in (the 40s)?

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Brian1946's avatar

The bunny appears at 6:54 in the video.

Given the mustache and the bunny bopping what appear to be Axis cartoon characters, my guess is Josef Stalin, who was the head dude of the USSR from 1924–1953 (if my memory is accurate).

I haven’t had a chance to see the whole video, but I just might someday.

Sneki95's avatar

@Brian1946

Thanks for putting the mark, I forgot to do it.

Jeruba's avatar

I think it’s Stalin too.

RedDeerGuy1's avatar

I think it might be musalini from Italy . Russia was on our side in ww ii Is Stalin.

Brian1946's avatar

Might be Stalin, or one of the Mario Bros. Perhaps they were playing Nazi Kong. ;-p

Jeruba's avatar

@RedDeerGuy1, Mussolini is already depicted there, the character that looks like a bulldog and is speaking in Italian.

Brian1946's avatar

@Jeruba Since you’ve already proven the unassailable accuracy of your observations by agreeing with me, how would you feel about identifying the rest of the characters for those of us who are too lazy/distracted to watch the whole video?

Sneki95's avatar

@Brian1946
The rest of the characters are pretty much obvious. The dove is probably the US, and the turtle may be China. I am confused only about the rabbit.

Brian1946's avatar

@Sneki95 I think I saw a rather chubby goose earlier in the video, but I didn’t listen to it. Was that Churchill?

janbb's avatar

I’m thinking the dove is actually Chamberlain or Churchill as there’s a soldier type for the US later. Also its initial appearance seems to be a referance to appeasement. Wow – quite a cartoon. For a long, long time you couldn’t make jokes about Hitler.

Call_Me_Jay's avatar

The bunny isn’t Stalin or any particular historic character. He’s Jerry Colonna. I think he’s just a then-current entertainer with a catch phrase who audiences will recognize. It’s like sticking a Taylor Swift reference into a Pixar cartoon.

Wikipedia – “Colonna was a popular radio and film figure at the same time that Warner Bros. cartoons hit their stride. Accordingly, his facial expressions and catchphrases were often caricatured in the cartoons.”

Mussolini is a black goose, not a bulldog (the title is The Ducktators).

The dove is Peace. He’s labeled at 3:52 “The Dove of Peace”. At 5:55 he is waving an olive branch and gets stomped, so he realizes the need to fight to restore peace and he proceeds to kick some ass. He’s the US or at least he illustrates the necessity of America entering the war.

janbb's avatar

I still think he could stand for appeasement.

Call_Me_Jay's avatar

The dove may start as appeasement. Or I think more isolationism. That would be the American anti-war attitude of the day. His birdhouse is way up high above the fray, like the US behind its oceans.

But clobbering time starts at 6:08, the dove goes after the Axis Ducktators, and in the end mounts there heads on his wall.

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