Forbidden Animation: Censored Cartoons and Blacklisted Animators in America by Karl F. Cohen, McFarland and Co, North Carolina, 1997.
Overall, this book is great when it is discussing issues and events up to 1980s. However, sections discussing current animation and the possible future directions fails to anticipate the affect of the internet as well as the proliferation of adult animation such as South Park (see note for page 194). These sections therefore seem naive.Also, many suppressed works, even those by Disney, have now been restored and released on DVD.
Notes;
Page 10, interested in new dvd from Disney: does "Alice Solves a Puzzle" contain the removed drinking scenes?
Page 12, What are "first night" scenes?
Page 12-13, Everready Hardon history.
Page 23, Famous Studios, zero Academy nominations n 25 years as oposed to Fleischer Studio of four in a shorter time.
Page 26, Willie Wopper, "Spite Flight", St. Peter gives the finger!?
Page 59-69, "Song of the South" discussion.
Page 69, list of Disney shorts pulled from cataloge.
Page 72, Some Van Beuren studio examples of racism.
Page 74, "all the bad guys speak in foreign accents"
Page 91, "Tarzoon" cut neg and turned optical track upside down to comply with course injunction.
Page 94, Jan Svankmajer history.
Page 96, "She [kotlarz] feels that instead of silencing debate, people would try to understand the context in which the images are used. She suggests that those who try to avoid controversy are preventing animators from engaging the problems of society and from sticking their necks out to speak about these problems."
Page 98, Ben Van Meeder zeppelin - FIND?
Page 132, Juggling chain saws but not knives, machine guns, not regular guns.
Page 149, banned Ren and Stimpy; "Sven Hoek" and "Man's Best Friend".
Page 169-170, list of 10 subtle communist touches in scripts.
Page 174, Tempo Animation Studio?
Page 191, Norman McLaren protected from witch hunt.
Page 194, In regards to Simpsons: "on the subject of scatological humour, it seems that television has probably pushed the envelope as far as possible".
Overall, this book is great when it is discussing issues and events up to 1980s. However, sections discussing current animation and the possible future directions fails to anticipate the affect of the internet as well as the proliferation of adult animation such as South Park (see note for page 194). These sections therefore seem naive.Also, many suppressed works, even those by Disney, have now been restored and released on DVD.
Notes;
Page 10, interested in new dvd from Disney: does "Alice Solves a Puzzle" contain the removed drinking scenes?
Page 12, What are "first night" scenes?
Page 12-13, Everready Hardon history.
Page 23, Famous Studios, zero Academy nominations n 25 years as oposed to Fleischer Studio of four in a shorter time.
Page 26, Willie Wopper, "Spite Flight", St. Peter gives the finger!?
Page 59-69, "Song of the South" discussion.
Page 69, list of Disney shorts pulled from cataloge.
Page 72, Some Van Beuren studio examples of racism.
Page 74, "all the bad guys speak in foreign accents"
Page 91, "Tarzoon" cut neg and turned optical track upside down to comply with course injunction.
Page 94, Jan Svankmajer history.
Page 96, "She [kotlarz] feels that instead of silencing debate, people would try to understand the context in which the images are used. She suggests that those who try to avoid controversy are preventing animators from engaging the problems of society and from sticking their necks out to speak about these problems."
Page 98, Ben Van Meeder zeppelin - FIND?
Page 132, Juggling chain saws but not knives, machine guns, not regular guns.
Page 149, banned Ren and Stimpy; "Sven Hoek" and "Man's Best Friend".
Page 169-170, list of 10 subtle communist touches in scripts.
Page 174, Tempo Animation Studio?
Page 191, Norman McLaren protected from witch hunt.
Page 194, In regards to Simpsons: "on the subject of scatological humour, it seems that television has probably pushed the envelope as far as possible".
