Some of the most awkward (by today’s standards) shorts Disney did were the “Inter-American” educational shorts from 1945; they did a series of shorts aimed at South Americans and Mexicans to teach basic life skills. Several were released on DVD. One I remember was called “Cleanliness Brings Health”, and it compared two Mexican men named Pablo and Pedro if I remember correctly. One of them washes his hands after using the restroom while the other shits in a cornfield and makes dinner with poopy hands, and his family gets sick. There’s something truly bizarre about watching a cartoon starring a Mexican caricature in a huge sombrero being told by the narrator that he should stop eating poop.
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