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January 27

Film genres featuring non-majority or non-white character as hero or protagonist

In the U.S., they had blaxploitation films (films featuring African-American character as the protagonist and the white people as the antagonist for example Superfly, Coffy and ) and in Israel, they had Bourekas films (films featuring a Mizrahi or Sephardi Jew male protagonist with a Ashkenazi Jew as the antagonist for example Kazablan). Are there other film genres in other countries that had a protagonist who was of non-White descent or was not from the majority group? Please, no more "please elaborate the question", no more arguing. Please just answer the question. Thank you.Donmust90 (talk) 00:47, 27 January 2022 (UTC)Donmust90Donmust90 (talk) 00:47, 27 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

If someone doesn't understand your question, why do you have a problem with them asking for clarification? --←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 08:13, 27 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

What's your problem? It is annoying if someone, instead of helping to answer a crystal-clear question, asks for a clarification that they then will probably also manage to find some imaginary fault with. --Lambiam 14:45, 27 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You seem to have anger issues today. --←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 15:41, 27 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The article Exploitation film has some options for you to explore. --Jayron 32 12:10, 27 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

That article is a broader category of what is being asked, but fits. The question is looking for films that exploit a minority. The issue is defining when it is "exploitation" and when it is "celebration." For example, I have never heard anyone calle "Lilo and Stitch" an exploitation film, but it perfectly fits the definition. It prominantly featured mintority Hawaiian natives and exploited their culture for the sake of creating entertainment for the majority. Instead, it is commonly referred to as a celebration of native Hawaiians. So, anything that gets further into defning exploitation vs celebration would be helpful for this topic. 97.82.165.112 (talk) 11:39, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Bourekas film for those who have never heard about it. --Error (talk) 12:58, 27 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Popeye's famous utterance: "I Yam What I Yam"

Hi,

Who was the Popeye cartoon scriptwriter responsible for his famous utterance: "I Yam What I Yam"?

Maybe I've somehow overlooked it, but the answer isn't evident on Wikipedia's "I Yam What I Yam"

Also, there are no hits searching the archive.

Thank you very much.

Stephen E. Levick --Jetuice (talk) 20:57, 27 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I Yam What I Yam was the 2nd animated Popeye short and was released in 1933. I was unable to find scriptwriter details, but E. C. Segar created the character in 1929; the phrase was likely already a character catch-phrase by 1933. —2603:6081:1C00:1187:556B:ECE2:6EC5:4832 (talk) 21:58, 27 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Checking Newspapers.com (pay site), the first commentary about Popeye's statement, "I yam what I yam and tha's all I yam", turns up in writeups about the comic strip in March of 1931. It talks about Popeye's various catchphrases, which were well-established by that point. --←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 22:51, 27 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It appears in the strip as early as November 6, 1929, when he says, "I yam what I yam and that's what I yam." His much more common catchphrase is "Blow me down!" which he says almost every strip in which he appears in 1929. --←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 22:56, 27 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

As a side-note, the article Eye dialect is relevant here. --Jayron32 11:54, 28 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- Yes. It turns up frequently in Popeye, and not just by the sailor... and not just in Popeye, but in quite a few comic strips. --←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 12:23, 28 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]