Chuzhoy Golos(Stranger's Voice) Soviet Racist Anti-Western Propaganda Cartoon 1949 (TRANSLATED)

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This is an interesting propaganda cartoon from the USSR from 1949. This has a little bit of everything. It is mostly Anti-American since Jazz music is criticized. This cartoon is also an indirectly racist portrayal of Gypsies and Black people (whether its on purpose or not, you decide).

The magpie is wearing Gypsy style jewelry such as red pearls and red earings. Later she puts on western looking feathers. You could interpret the magpie as an African American stereotype as well. She dances not unlike Josephine Baker. Notice how all the birds who like the Magpie song and dance are also black.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Chuzhoy Golos
• stranger's voice
• alien voice
• foreign voice
• ussr
• soviet racist
• anti-jazz
• magpie dancing
• crow dancing
• josephine baker
• jim crow
• gypsy racism
• russia soviet union

[theshadow1932]

Just gotta LOVE that Soviet tolerance. One wonders what they'd have made of P Diddy!

Norm

[StopFear]

@theshadow1932

By the way, when I saw some old soviet programs where people of various African descent would be shown, they would be always the perfect soviet westerners. They would never really show or talk about their native cultures in depths. Also there were some popular Jazz musicians before ww2, mostly were from Jewish cities like Odessa, and it contributed to some antisemitism.

[ThrilloVanHouten]

Whoa...the production values are impressive! Looks as good as any US cartoon from the same period, except for minor technical issues like the flicker.

[StopFear]

@ThrilloVanHouten

Yes, there is a lot of animation from soviet union in 50s and 60s where its seems they used the same technique as was done in American cartoons. This is actually one of less well made ones in my opinion. There some less political one which are better.

[mikemcgee]

the cartoon is anti jazz

[mikemcgee]

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[Tacom4ster]

Those commies are good at drawing

[JYoung135]

Long live Russian song!

[JYoung135]

@Soulflytribe04 This cartoon doesn't have anything to do with communism, only cultural isolationism.

[Soulflytribe04]

I FUCKING HATE COMMUNISM! GREETINGS FRoM BRAZIL