Sho Nuff Is A Good Stamp, Massa
Back in May, suave oligarch Mexican president Vicente Fox commited a Marge Schott type gaffe when he said that Mexican imigrants in the U.S. take jobs "even blacks don’t want." Yeesh. I can’t imagine him saying something that bad without immeditately bursting into a nervous Dangerfield impression - adjusting a suddenly too-tight tie, wiping off mounds of flop sweat. As if this Lottian level of racial sensitivity wasn’t enough, the Mexican government thought now would be a good time to release stamps (click on picture above) based on a loveable, shuckin-and jivin Jim-Crow era comic book character named Memin Pinguin. And people got pissed for some reason. Personally, I can’t see it. So, ok, his lips are nearly a third of his head. He can’t help the way he was born ( or drawn)! Those uptight race-baiters are the same reason I can’t break out my wonderful "Wedding of Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben" figurines at dinner parties anymore. Anyway, the best part is they may have plans for a movie, although the recent kerfluffle (if I may be so bold to call it that) may put a damper on the B.O. prospects for that. But controversy sells, right? I’m crossing my fingers for a double bill with the Song of the South rerelease, or an animated Birth of A Nation remake. You listening, Eisner?
