《猫和老鼠》黄金合集第二卷即将发布,全球影迷都在翘首期盼,但这版号称无删减的经典动画集锦却因删减内容激起粉丝们的强烈不满,并引来指责。
据英国《每日邮报》8月11日报道,两个月前,华纳兄弟公司宣布其经典动画片《猫和老鼠》即将发行黄金合集第二卷DVD。并称,这一版本将包含该片自1940年问世以来的所有剧集,并按年代顺序排列。
然而,令粉丝们不满的是,这版以“无删减”为卖点的集锦却刻意删掉了1948年制作的《老鼠打扫记》和1951年制作的《卡萨诺瓦猫》两集经典内容。而这两集被删掉的原因是审查人员认为这两集中汤姆和杰瑞被涂黑的画面容易涉及种族问题,“有失稳妥”。
愤怒的粉丝不但在亚马逊等在线预定网站上留言吐槽,更是在社交网站脸谱上成立了声讨小组,要求解禁被删减的内容。
《猫和老鼠》系列动画是由导演威廉•汉纳及约瑟夫•巴伯拉于1939年创作的。在1943年至1952年间,该片曾先后夺得7项奥斯卡大奖,成为全世界最受欢迎的卡通片之一。
Fans of the classic cartoon Tom and Jerry are furious two episodes deemed 'inappropriate' because they feature the cat and mouse 'blacked-up' have been removed from a new collection。
Warner Brothers' Golden Collection Volume Two was intended to be an uncut series of the popular animation in chronological order。
But offending episodes Casanova Cat made in 1951 and Mouse Cleaning from 1948 have been pulled。
In both episodes either the cat or mouse is 'blacked-up'。
In Casanova Cat Jerry's face is covered in cigar smoke before he is made to do a minstrel dance。
The box-set was also meant to go on sale two months ago but has yet made it into shops。
Fans have been posting angry messages on websites where you can pre-order the Blu-ray DVD such as Amazon explaining why they won't be buying the discs。
One message reads: 'Culture is always reflected in cartoons, and while this may not have been right, it existed。
'It is a shame to omit pieces of history in a collection simply due to PR getting shaky boots over the past.'