A Glance at Selected Philippine Political Caricature in Alfred Mccoy's Philippine Cartoons: Political Caricature of The American Era (1900-1941)

A Glance at Selected Philippine
Political Caricature in Alfred

Mccoy’s Philippine Cartoons:
Political Caricature of the American
Era (1900-1941)
What is a Caricature?
" A picture description or imitation of a person
in which certain striking characteristics are
exaggerated in order to create a comics or
grotesque effect. "
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Political cartoons and caricature are a rather recent art
form which veered away from the classical art by
exaggerating human features and poking fun at its
subjects such art genre and technique became a part of
the print media as a form of a social and political
commentary which usually targets persons of power
and authority cartoons became an effective tool of
publicizing opinions through heavy use of symbolism
which is different from a verbose written editorial and
opinion pieces.
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The way that the caricature represents opinion and
captures the audience imagination is reason enough for
historians to examine these political cartoons
commentaries in mass media inevitably shape public
opinion and such kind of opinion is worthy of historical
political examination.
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Philippines Cartoons: Political Caricature of
the American Era (1900-1941)
•Alfred McCoy and Alfred Roces
•Newspaper dailies and periodicals
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Alfred Mccoy together with Alfred Roces compiled the
political cartoons published in newspaper dailies and
periodicals in the aforementioned time period. For this
part, we are going to look at selected and explain the
context of each one.
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CONTEXT # 1
 The first example shown was published

and independent on may 20 1916. The
cartoon shows the politician from
Tondo named Dr. Santos passing his
crown to his brother-in-law. Dr.
Barcelona a Filipino guy are directed
wearing salakot and barong was trying
to stop Santos telling the latter to stop
giving Barcelona the crown because it is
not his to begin with.
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Context #2
 The second cartoon was also published by the

. independent on June 16 1917. This was drawn by
Fernando Amorsolo and was aimed as a
commentary to the workings of Manila police at
that period. Here we see the Filipino child stole a
skinny chicken because he could not think to eat
the police officer was relentlessly pursuing the sad
child a man wearing a salakot, labeled as Juan de la
Cruz. was grabbing the officer, telling him to. leave
a small time thick pockets and thieves and to turn
at great thieves instead. He was pointing to the
huge warehouse containing bulk of rice and
grocery products
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Context #3
 The third card was a commentary on

the unprecedented cases of colorum
automobiles in the city street. The
Philippine free press published this
commentary when fatal accidents
. involving colorum vehicle and taxi
occurred too often already.
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Context #4
 The fourth carton depicts a cinema. A blown up

police officer was at the screen saying that
couples are not allowed to neck and make love
in the theater. Two youngsters look horrified
while an older couple seem amused.
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CONTEXT #5
 The next cartoon was published by The
Independent on November 27 1915. Here we see
the caricature of Uncle Sam riding a chariot
pulled b y Filipinos wearing school uniforms.
The Filipino boys were carrying American
objects like baseball bats, whiskey, and boxing
gloves. Mccoy, in his caption to the said cartoon,
says that this cartoon was based on an event in
1907 when William Howard Taft was brough to
the Manila pier riding a chariot pulled by
students of Liceo De Manila. Such was
condemned by the nationalist at that time.
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CONTEXT #6
 The last cartoon was published by Lipang

Kalabaw on 24 Aug 1907. In that picture, we can
see Uncle Sam rationing porridge to the
politicians and members of the Progresista Party
(sometimes known as the Federalism Party) while
members of the Nacionalista Party look on and
wait for their turn. This cartoon depicts the
patronage of the United States being coveted
(earnestly wished for) by politicians from either of
the party.
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Political Caricature in Alfred

 The first example shown was published

 The second cartoon was also published by the

 The third card was a commentary on

 The fourth carton depicts a cinema. A blown up

 The last cartoon was published by Lipang

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