2006-08-10 09:35:49 · 5 answers · asked by b_e_c_k_y 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Comics & Animation
But you have to understand that cartoon in the 30s and 40s weren't really meant for kids. Far too sophisiticated and crazed, it was targeted for an adult audience. As evidenced by the following.
Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs (working title: So White and de Sebben Dwarfs) is a Merrie Melodies animated cartoon directed by Bob Clampett, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, and released to theatres on January 16, 1943 by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation.
The film is notable for being an all-black parody of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale Snow-White, known to its audience from the popular 1937 Walt Disney animated feature Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
The stylistic portrayals of the characters, however, is an example of classic racist darky iconography (see blackface), which was widely accepted in white American society at the time.
As such, it is one of the most controversial cartoons in the classic Warner Bros. library, has been rarely seen on television, and has never been officially released on home video.
However, it is often named as one of the best cartoons ever made, and is considered one of Clampett's masterpieces.
2006-08-10 09:44:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 1⤋
Take another look at the Tom and Jerry cartoons. Although they were made in the forties, both characters enjoyed beating the s.... out of each other. And theatre-going audiences loved them!
2006-08-10 17:08:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To a point that the Comics Code Authority was created.
2006-08-10 17:03:10 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think anyone has ever been hospitalized for turning in to an accordian after having an anvil fall on their head.
2006-08-10 16:40:48 · answer #4 · answered by Hillbillies are... 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No,not by any means.That came later.
2006-08-10 21:52:20 · answer #5 · answered by Rich B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋