His characters were often depicted as bumbling, lazy buffoons who were prone to comedic accidents. Foerster warned that the vote would cause Baptists to be "viewed as bigoted buffoons". There are neither buffoons, dogs, weapons, nor other absurdities. Other plays satirize anti-suffragists as buffoons or narrow-minded individuals opposing progress. The Asian-Americans shown protesting against yellow-face in the episode are conveyed as unlikable buffoons. Disney had a long history of portraying animated black characters as buffoons and/or servants. The comedy of course is that both men are absent minded and overall buffoons. In the Middle Ages juggling was one of many skills performed by entertainers and buffoons. Despite these features, the Japanese people were presented as stock characters or buffoons. Sam and Andy become, in Lott's words, "buffoons".