Little Audrey In "Butterscotch and Soda" (1948)

Little Audrey would rather eat candy than a nutritious lunch. She dreams about going to a candy land where she eats too much candy and gets the 'tummy ache blues'.

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Entertainment

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• Little
• Audrey
• Butterscotch
• and
• Soda
• 1948
• Vintage
• Cartoons
• Public
• Domain

[meowkie]

@Applestix414 Are you kidding?? I too am black, and you know, my mother and I got a HUGE kick out of the Mammy character. She's an honest, wise, motherly character...what isn't to love about her? :) "Eatin' candy 48 hours a day..." She reminds me sooo much of my best friend's mom!!

You gotta let some things go. Few cartoons got very far without stinging one group or another! And this is tame compared to some other stuff.

[rftigermode]

The housekeeper is actually one of the more positive depictions of black people from this time period that I've seen.

[ouischbabe]

Who knew that candy could make you act like a crack head? lol

[hotpapa225]

@purplekitty i also saw this cartoon as a child and what impressed me the most was "The Tummy Ache Blues" song. Like you, I didn't find anything offensive about the mammy character and i definitely did not associate her with myself, my mother or any of my family/ friends. Unfortunately, now that i am a very grown-up 52 yr. old man, the racist stereotype depicted by the character is so obvious and quite offensive. Racism STINKS!!!

[Ivanatis]

woah Little Audrey about to throw up

[ttime2003]

Wow...you know. I grew up watching vhs tapes of Little Audrey and I have never paid attention to the Mammy character & the licorice. Its a true testament to the time, a sad part of our history, but I still love this cartoon. I was just singing "The tummy ache blues" out of nowhere and thought Id look it up. Funny how my adult eyes can see those things now....smh

[Sparkina]

@RawrMana well, maybe the writer wants to tell the sweet tale of a little kid who would rather eat candy than eat lunch

[RawrMana]

@Sparkina It's not about the character, it's about the motives of the writer.

[TeamRocket2010]

@Bitter0lives I got this on my 180 Classic Cartoons DVD.

[Sparkina]

@RawrMana no, candy is really candy in this cartoon. She's supposed to be a little kid

[BeatleBangs1964]

I thought the Mammy character was racist, sorry. I also thought the licorice heads lampooned blacks. While lampooning the Mammy character as an Aunt Jemima stereotype, the cartoon is still funny. I just didn't like the racism, sorry.

[purplekitty]

I had this cartoon when I was little and loved it. I didn't think anything of the mammy character cause I didn't associate her with myself. When your a kid you know that people are different but you don't really understand. So yes I might be black but this character wasn't anything like me or anyone I knew because she wasn't real. Maybe to adults it had a darker meaning but when your a child you don't look at things beyond the surface.