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Vintage and Retro Ads, Promos, Fliers, Etc.

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From LIFE Magazine, June 19, 1939

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[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)
[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago

Fuck me running, that is a blast from the worst parts of the past

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why?

Even if we write off the blackface as "it was a different time", it contributes nothing to the story. Putting cousin Zeke in ANY other costume, with or without blackface doesn't change the ad at all.

So strange why they choose this as the final print.

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

There's a certain mentality, a little less common now but all over the place in old media, where the very existence of a particular group was the entire joke. Just, "Hey! What if a guy in black face! HAHAHA!"

[–] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, the past is a pretty fucked up place.

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So is the present, and I'm going to bet the future will be fucked up as well.

The fuckery doesn't go anywhere, it just changes.

[–] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

It's because as a species humans are fucked up.

[–] ProfessorChodiMacCunt@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I miss when movies where made by opeople and not AI

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This comment is very odd in this particular context.