Papa complained about the film Madagascar portraying the aye-aye's as more African than the natives actually are in that island (relatives of Hawwaiins or Phillipinos I recall) and while funny probably is twice as insulting since they didn't even steryotype the actual Natives properly! I get so upset at films which only give us what we already assume about other cultures and never risks giving us something "new" because no one might get it or the movie will get too educational and bore people wither way :( So when I thought of making a cartoon music video of the link I gave you...I actually thought of Characturing Carl Gardner as a Bush Baby, but I'm thinking now that doing so may still be too offensive since Black people don't really like animal films to begin with...and I know they'll assume that it's a Aye-Aye character anyway (though my mom theought they were funny, so I'm only worried of the people who think Black people should be offended over stuff)!Maybe I should just stick to Howlin' Wolf characturized as Tennissee Hurt (for the extra wrinkles) as a Turtle singing "Smockstack Lightnin...."
Btw here's the Lyrics, though I rather not dicuss the ethics of that :
Down in Mexicali
There's a crazy little place that I know
Where the drinks are hotter than the chili sauce
And the boss is a cat named Joe
He wears a red bandana, plays a blues pianna [this is the way he pronounces
it; to rhyme with "bandana"]
In a honky-tonk, down in Mexico
He wears a purple sash, and a black moustache
In a honky-tonk, down in Mexico
Well, the first time that I saw him
He was sittin' on a piano stool
I said "Tell me dad, when does the fun begin?"
He just winked his eye and said "Man, be cool."
He wears a red bandana, plays a blues pianna
In a honky-tonk, down in Mexico
He wears a purple sash, and a black moustache
In a honky-tonk, down in Mexico
All of a sudden in walks this chick
Joe starts playing on a Latin kick
Around her waist she wore three fishnets
She started dancin' with the castanets
I didn't know just what to expect
She threw her arms around my neck
We started dancin' all around the floor
And then she did a dance I never saw before.
So if you're south of the border
I mean down in Mexico
And you wanna get straight,
Man, don't hesitate
Just look up a cat named Joe.
He wears a red bandana, plays a blues pianna
In a honky-tonk, down in Mexico
He wears a purple sash, and a black moustache
In a honky-tonk, down in Mexico
[Spoken by Carl Gardner:]
Yeah, como est usted senorita
Come with me to the border, south of the border, that is
In Mexico, yeah in Mexico
You can get your kicks in Mexico
Come with me baby, come with me, come with me, crazy, yeah
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