Yet another example of the prejudice by humans is displayed in the scene investigating the murder scene, specifically Judge Doom’s racist actions. The scene begins with Eddie walking into the warehouse where Roger is a suspect in a murder. As Eddie walks in he see many other police officers and detectives. Also there is Judge Doom and his band of thug toons. While searching for clues, one detective knocks over a crate of cartoon shoes, which are quickly rounded up. However, while Doom asks Eddie about Roger’s whereabouts, one shoe still left out cuddles up to Doom’s foot. Annoyed, Doom quickly scoops up the shoe and brings it to his death “dip” and kills the shoe slowly. After asking Eddie if he knows where Roger is and Eddie quickly shooting …show more content…
He claiming his purpose as judge is to “reign in the insanity” and the only way to accomplish this is to “make toons respect the law.” In Doom’s first statement, the meaning behind Eddie’s knowledge of this situation, this refers to Eddie’s brother being killed by a toon. This particular phrase is important to look at, especially from Doom’s perspective. Doom assumes that just because Eddie’s brother was killed by a toon that Eddie would have some vendetta or hatred for toons. This later would help to justify Doom killing a toon, in that Eddie would not disprove. This remark clearly has a racial aspect if viewed in a certain way. Doom assumes that Eddie would understand and agree with his actions of killing a toon just because of his brother being killed by a toon. Doom assumes that just one action by one person of a certain race will sway someone’s thoughts on an entire race, therefore racially speaking, he reasons that one person’s actions is an accurate representation of the entire race. Continuing on, Doom states that it’s his role to overtake the “insanity”, this word immediately connotes other words such as stupidity and lunacy, all words that throughout the film are inferred characteristics of the