• Björn Tantau@swg-empire.de
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    17 days ago

    What?

    It just meant that the main character would attempt to get it and either fail hilariously or get punished hilariously for succeeding.

    • BradleyUffner@lemmy.world
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      17 days ago

      In the time period I’m referring to, either the person making the pie, or the person taking the pie were usually of a very… Let’s just say “dark” complexion with extremely exaggerated features. I’m not saying the posted meme is racist at all, just that TV and movies way back then were.

      An example:

      When flipped around, the person that baked the pie was usually depicted in the mammy stereotype.