dir: John Ford
MONDO CANE (1963)
dir: Pietro Jacopetti
Here we have a racist two-fer. Even though I never put two unrelated movies in one post I'll make an exception this time, since the white guilt in me doesn't want people to assume this is just a blog with comics about cannibals. I say things like this all the time, and some of you probably ask “Why not just omit things you think are racist?” People have their own levels of tolerance and there'd be other ones that aren't so blatant that people would say “well what about this or this” so I figured deciding what the restrictions should be would be even more of a bother. The films themselves have a condescending colonialist attitude about them but aren't specifically reliant on African stereotypes, it's the parodies that concentrate on those aspects.
MOE GUMBO
Crazy #6, May 1954
w: Stan Lee
a: Howie Post
Mogambo was about a love triangle between safari explorer Clark Gable, Grace Kelly, and showgirl Ava Gardner, with the safari setting as a backdrop. This appears to be a story that uses the title of a successful movie and doesn't caricature likenesses of the actors.
MAD #87, June 1964
w: Stan Hart
a: Mort Drucker
Mondo Cane is an Italian documentary about the weirdest and most shocking parts of the world. “Primitive” Africa only makes up some of the scenes, but this parody concentrates only on those parts.
From the article Kids' Versions of Adult Movies.
This quotes pop songs Witch Doctor, The Hut-Sut Song, and Flat Foot Floogie (With a Floy Floy).
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