Mississippi Hare

I'm a sucker for banned cartoons but this one doesn't seem to be as racist or otherwise offensive as some others I've seen.

Bugs is mistakenly taken for cotton by some cottonpluckers (who, as you would expect, appear to be black), and finds himself back on a boat cruising the Mississippi.

Obviously, Bugs doesn't have a ticket but with some changing of clothes everybody thinks he's some rich hot-shot. He wins a poker match against a colonel and then gets involved in a fight with him, and as always a couple of changes in his wardrobe do the trick.

There's a little joke in there concerning Uncle Tom's Cabin but it's all not too serious as I'm pondering why this one has been and continues to be banned for so long.

The cartoon itself isn't anything special if you'd ask me: 5/10.

Mississippi Hare is one of the many Bugs Bunny shorts that been censored or banned.

Takes place on a Steamboat in the Mississippi River.

Bugs Bunny ended up on the Steamboat after he got in the cotton mill and stored with the other cotton. To avoid getting kicked out of the boat. He disguised himself as a rich guy and able to blend in with the crowd.

He find the gambling room with a Colonel dude who never loses. He challenges him for a game of poker for 100 dollars worth. After Bugs beat-ed the Colonel, the Colonel gets mad and threw out the whole cartoon the Colonel wanted to get even with Bugs.

This short is good. I don't think it deserves to be titled as a banned cartoon. Reason why it was banned is because it had black people picking cotton as a parody to slavery. And a part with the Colonel's face darken after a cigar explosion.

I'm not black so I didn't find this cartoon to be offensive. It doesn't seem too racist either. But everyone would have their own opion on this cartoon. I don't know if it'll ever get released on a collection of Banned Looney Tunes. At the moment you're able to see off of internet searches.

One of the better Bugs shorts, although not seen much today due to its depiction of blacks picking cotton and parodies of Uncle Tom's Cabin. If you can forgive those misgivings, then this is a definite must see short. Bugs takes on a Mississippi Colonel on a riverboat.

I understand that "Mississippi Hare" got censored for showing black people picking cotton, but most of the cartoon has nothing to do with that. In fact, most of the cartoon nearly made me die laughing, as Bugs Bunny plays every kind of trick to avoid getting shot by an aggressive riverboat gambler whom he beats at poker. While some scenes set up what's about to happen, others are sped up so that you can't wait to see what's going to happen! Yes, once again, someone tries to go after Bugs, but Bugs is somehow always ten steps ahead. You gotta love it. And as for that scene where Bugs dresses up as a Southern belle...well, seeing a woman like that, I might have easily fallen for any trick!

Mississippi Hare is not one of the greatest Looney Tunes cartoons, and Chuck Jones has done better and perhaps been more original. The story is rather predictable, Bugs disguising himself as a woman(southern belle here) has been seen many times though here it's still pretty amusing. However it didn't and doesn't deserve to be banned, the opening scene is stereotypical in a sense but as far as I'm concerned it wasn't racist(believe it or not black people did actually pick cotton). Much makes up for the story's predictability, for one thing it's always crisply paced and doesn't come across as dull. It's beautifully animated, bright and colourful with very well-rendered backgrounds and character designs. Carl Stalling's music is perfectly in sync with the action and is very characterful, the way the music is orchestrated also still impresses. The dialogue still maintains the freshness and wit you expect from Looney Tunes- who doesn't love the ending line?- while the gags are similarly funny, strictly speaking the one with Colonel Shuffle setting fire to his pants is hilarious. Bugs is still cunning and likable as well as smart and arrogant, while Colonel Shuffle is a fun foil, like the southern answer to Yosemite Sam. Mel Blanc's vocals are still nigh-on perfect, likewise with Billy Bletcher. Overall, fun, witty, well-voiced and beautifully animated and scored if a little predictable that was/is undeservedly banned. 8/10 Bethany Cox