GROUP 5

LEADER: MAGHANOY
MEMBERS:
FRANCISCO
CALLO
ANDRADA
TADEO
DE GUZMAN
MARCOS
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POLITICAL CARICATURE AND CARTOONS ARE A RELATIVELY NEW ART GENRE THAT DEVIATES FROM
TRADITIONAL ART BY EXAGGERATING HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS AND MAKING FUN OF ITS
THEMES.
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A GLANCE AT SELECTED PHILIPPINE POLITICAL
CARICATURE IN ALFRED MCCOY’S PHILIPPINE
CARTOONS: POLITICAL CARICATURE OF THE
AMERICAN ERA (1900 – 1941)
ALFRED MCCOY AND ALFREDO ROCES GATHERED POLITICAL
CARTOONS PUBLISHED IN NEWSPAPER DAILY AND MAGAZINES
THROUGHOUT THE AFOREMENTIONED TIME PERIOD IN THEIR
BOOK PHILIPPINE CARTOONS: POLITICAL CARICATURE OF THE
AMERICAN ERA (1900-1941). IN THIS SECTION, WE'LL LOOK AT
A FEW CARTOONS AND DISCUSS WHY THEY'RE IMPORTANT.
DURING THE AMERICAN ADMINISTRATION, POLITICAL
CARTOONS IN THE PHILIPPINES REACHED THEIR FULL
POTENTIAL. ARTISTS IN THE PHILIPPINES CAPTURED NATIONAL
VIEWS REGARDING THE ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICANS, AS
WELL AS CHANGING CUSTOMS AND TIMES.
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CROWN
THE CARTOON DEPICTING A POLITICIAN FROM TONDO
NAMED DR. SANTOS GIVING HIS CROWN TO HIS BROTHER-
IN-LAW, DR. BARCELONA, WAS INITIALLY PUBLISHED IN THE
INDEPENDENT ON MAY 20, 1916. A FILIPINO MAN (DRESSED
IN SALAKOT AND BARONG TAGALOG) WAS ATTEMPTING TO
STOP SANTOS FROM HANDING THE TITLE TO BARCELONA
BECAUSE IT WAS NOT HIS TO BEGIN WITH.
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THE SECOND CARTOON, CREATED BY FERNANDO
AMORSOLO AND PUBLISHED BY THE INDEPENDENT ON
JANUARY 1, 1917, WAS INTENDED AS A REFLECTION ON
THE WORKINGS OF MANILA POLICE AT THE TIME. BECAUSE
HE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO EAT, A FILIPINO YOUNGSTER
SNATCHED A SCRAWNY CHICKEN. THE POLICE OFFICER WAS
RELENTLESS IN HIS PURSUIT OF THE CHILD IN QUESTION.
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THE THIRD CARTOON WAS A SATIRE ON THE
UNUSUAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORUM CARS ON
CITY STREETS. WHEN DEADLY INCIDENTS
INVOLVING COLORUM CARS AND CABS
OCCURRED MUCH TOO FREQUENTLY, THE
PHILIPPINE FREE PRESS ISSUED THIS STATEMENT.
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IN THE FOURTH ANIMATION, A BLOWN-UP POLICE OFFICER STANDS IN FRONT OF THE SCREEN, TELLING
COUPLES THAT THEY ARE NOT PERMITTED TO NECK AND MAKE LOVE IN THE THEATER. TWO CHILDREN
APPEARED TO BE TERRIFIED, BUT AN OLDER COUPLE APPEARED TO BE AMUSED.
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THE FOLLOWING CARTOON, WHICH APPEARED IN THE
INDEPENDENT ON NOVEMBER 27, 1915, DEPICTS UNCLE SAM
RIDING A CHARIOT DRIVEN BY FILIPINOS DRESSED IN SCHOOL
UNIFORMS. BASEBALL BATS, LIQUOR, AND BOXING GLOVES
WERE AMONG THE ITEMS CARRIED BY THE FILIPINO YOUTHS.
MCCOY, IN HIS CAPTION TO THE SAID CARTOON, SAYS
THAT THIS CARTOON WAS INSPIRED BY AN OCCURRENCE IN
1907, WHEN WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT WAS TRANSPORTED TO
THE MANILA DOCK IN A CHARIOT DRAWN BY LICEO DE MANILA
STUDENTS. NATIONALISTS AT THE TIME WERE OUTRAGED BY
THIS.
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ON AUGUST 24, 1907, LIPANG KALABAW RELEASED THE
LAST CARTOON, WHICH DEPICTS UNCLE SAM RATIONING
OATMEAL TO POLITICIANS AND MEMBERS OF THE
PROGRESISTA PARTY (ALSO KNOWN AS THE FEDERALISTA
PARTY), WHILE SUPPORTERS OF THE NACIONALISTA PARTY
WATCH AND WAIT. THE PATRONAGE OF THE UNITED STATES
IS DESIRED BY POLITICIANS FROM BOTH PARTIES IN THIS
CARTOON.
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PERIOD
ON AUGUST 24, 1907, LIPANG KALABAW RELEASED THE LAST CARTOON, WHICH DEPICTS UNCLE SAM
RATIONING OATMEAL TO POLITICIANS AND MEMBERS OF THE PROGRESISTA PARTY (ALSO KNOWN AS THE
FEDERALISTA PARTY), WHILE SUPPORTERS OF THE NACIONALISTA PARTY WATCH AND WAIT. THE PATRONAGE
OF THE UNITED STATES IS DESIRED BY POLITICIANS FROM BOTH PARTIES IN THIS CARTOON.
THE CHOSEN CARTOONS DEPICT NOT ONLY THE VIEWPOINTS OF VARIOUS MEDIA OUTLETS ON PHILIPPINE
SOCIETY DURING THE AMERICAN PERIOD, BUT ALSO A COMPREHENSIVE PICTURE OF SOCIETY AND POLITICS
IN THE UNITED STATES. IN POLITICS, FOR EXAMPLE, WE CAN OBSERVE THE PRICE THAT FILIPINOS PAID FOR A
DEMOCRACY FASHIONED AFTER THAT OF THE UNITED STATES.