Which Is Witch

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Which Is Witch
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Directed by I. Freleng [1]
Story by Tedd Pierce [1]
Produced by Edward Selzer (uncredited) [2]
Starring Mel Blanc [1]
Music by Carl W. Stalling [1]
Animation by Arthur Davis
Gerry Chiniquy
Ken Champin
Virgil Ross
A.C. Gamer
(effects animation) [1]
Layouts by Hawley Pratt [1]
Backgrounds by Paul Julian [1]
Color process Technicolor
Production
company
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation [1]
Release date
  • December 3, 1949 (1949-12-03)(US) [2]
Running time
7 minutes [1]
LanguageEnglish

Which Is Witch is a Looney Tunes cartoon released by Warner Bros. in 1949, directed by Friz Freleng and written by Tedd Pierce. [3] It was released on December 3, 1949, and features Bugs Bunny. [4] The cartoon has been taken out of circulation in recent years due to racially insensitive depictions of Africans. [5]

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Plot

In Dark Africa, Bugs Bunny runs afoul of Dr. I.C. Spots, the diminutive witch doctor of a nearby tribe who wants to use the rabbit in a potion. Realizing he's about to be cooked, Bugs flees from the doctor, disguising himself as a native. The doctor sees through the disguise and chases Bugs to the river, where the bunny makes for a nearby ferry boat. Dr. Spots follows, but is swallowed by a crocodile. Bugs beats up the reptile and turns it into a crocodile-skin bag, with the tiny witch doctor inside dressed in crocodile shoes.

Reception

The Film Daily reviewed the film on January 1, 1950: "When Dr. Ugh, Witch Doctor extraordinary for a tribe of little people, decides it's time to leave. The jungle medico learns he can't split the hare, and B.B. emerges victorious once more. Wonderful cartoon." [6]

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  4. ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 60–61. ISBN   0-8160-3831-7 . Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  5. ↑ Cohen, Karl F. (2004), "Racism and Resistance:Stereotypes in Animation", Forbidden Animation: Censored Cartoons and Blacklisted Animators in America, McFarland & Company, p. 54, ISBN   978-0786420322
  6. ↑ Sampson, Henry T. (1998). That's Enough, Folks: Black Images in Animated Cartoons, 1900-1960. Scarecrow Press. p. 127. ISBN   978-0810832503.
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