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	Sterfish's Place: BHM: "Coal Black And De Sebben Dwarfs"
		"Coal Black And De Sebben Dwarfs" is a fl version of the Snow White fairy tale.
		Instead of killing her, the hitmen drop So White off in the middle of nowhere which is where she runs into the "Sebben Dwarfs." Things pretty much go just like the original fairy tale after that although the cartoon's ending differs from the real story.
		I don't mean that she is a "Mammy." The little girl at the beginning of the cartoon calls her Mammy and although you only see her in silhouette, you can tell that she is wearing the traditional getup of a mammy.
	sterfish.blogspot.com /2006/02/bhm-coal-black-and-de-sebben-dwarfs.html (1675 words)

	A Feminist Critique of Animation (v. 3: Brilliance)
		Coal Black is Bob Clampett's parody of Disney's Snow White - using fl stereotype and caricature.
		To portray a fl girl as explicitly sexual was acceptable because it played into racist stereotyping, but to portray a white girl with the same explicit sexuality disturbed the order of the way things should be.
		Coal Black even used an all-star fl cast, and these apologists seem to think that by using fl performers and having the dwarves in Army uniforms, Clampett actually worked against racism in Hollywood.
	animation.memory-motel.net /racism.html (1254 words)

	Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs
		Again, the concept of fl men (though in caricature) wearing US Army uniforms while performing heroic deeds has been lauded in some quarters as one of the few depictions of fls in that sort of role during the war years.
		Coal Black, as our archetypal example, was considered a harmless film at the time and was representative, nay, typical in its portrayal of fls.
		To pretend that Coal Black will somehow go away is to perpetuate a lie about animation and our culture's relationship to that art, and we cannot afford the lie of censorship anymore than we can afford racism.
	www.toontracker.com /coalblack/coalblack.htm (1537 words)

	Coal Black And De Sebben Dwarfs :: coaluseslfp.com
		Censored eleven nevertheless, coal fl and DE seven dwarfs is often praised and defended.
		Cartoon characters and crew for coal fl and DE seven dwarfs.
		Coal fl and DE seven dwarfs coal fl and DE seven dwarfs was an animated cartoon directed by bob clamped for Warner bros. in 1943.
	www.coaluseslfp.com /coal-black-and-de-sebben-dwarfs.html (879 words)

	Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Clampett intended Coal Black as both a parody of Snow White and a dedication to the all-fl jazz musical films popular in the early 1940s (i.e.
		In Coal Black, So White is the object of sexual desire for every male character in the picture.
		This draws upon the stereotype of the young attractive Black woman as an "exotic" sexual being, a stereotype present in roles that actresses such as Dorothy Dandridge and Lena Horne were forced to play in American cinema.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Coal_Black_and_de_Sebben_Dwarfs (1904 words)

	Macleans.ca \| Culture \| Films \| The best cartoon you've never seen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Coal Black and De Sebben Dwarfs, released to theatres in 1943, was crazy even by the standards of the studio that brought us Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck.
		But it's easier to take offence at Coal Black than to recognize how good-natured it is. It was one of the few cartoons of its time to have voices done by African-American actors, including the mother and older sister of actress Dorothy Dandridge.
		And the dwarfs are in the army, making Coal Black one of the few movies of its time to acknowledge that there were African-Americans fighting the war.
	www.macleans.ca /culture/films/article.jsp?content=20060327_123879_123879 (855 words)

	MichaelBarrier.com -- Title (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Historically, as far as I know, Coal Black was the first cartoon movie made in which fl performers were not merely called in at the last minute to perform the voice recordings, but instead were invited to participate in the writing of the film, in the early storyboard phase.
		The purpose was to inject as much authentic fl humor and expression into the film as possible, along with numerous impressions of fl jazz music from the 1930s and early 1940s.
		The cat escapes temporarily, and frightens the fl child in a cemetery and in a haunted house, until the fl child grabs a gun and shoots the cat, only to be menaced by nine cat ghosts.
	www.michaelbarrier.com /Essays/Milt_Gray/Gray_on_Coal_Black.htm (2262 words)

	Dean's World - "So White & The Censored Eleven"
		As for "Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs" specifically, in 1943 that cartoon was patriotic.
		Coal Black, as ham-and-eggs cook to the Dwarfs, is a wartime heroine.
		So, to audiences of the day "Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs" was a parody of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," the first feature-length animated film, overlaid with a strong patriotic message, a surefire guarantee of packed theaters, most of them selling War Bonds in their lobbies.
	www.deanesmay.com /posts/1145252830.comments.shtml (4649 words)

	Tom McMahon: Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs
		Coal Black is brilliant, but so was Leni Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will.
		It promoted everything the good ole USA supposedly was fighting against and any African American who had just been inducted into the military and saw Coal Black must have had a hard time figuring who the hell was covering his back.
		This cartoon not only uses just about every fl stereotype in the book, not only uses the 'D' word considered a politically incorrect reference to short people, but it also leaves me with a big question mark irrespective of it's sensitivity flaws.
	www.tommcmahon.net /2004/07/coal_black_and_.html (356 words)

	MichaelBarrier.com -- Feedback: Clampett and Coal Black (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		For someone who professes to have the utmost respect for Black performers, his lack of sensitivity about images that some Black people may find offensive is decidedly baffling.
		For years, White Americans have used the burnt-cork depictions of Black Americans to basically degrade and humiliate a whole segment of the population, while justifying any and all acts of legal discrimination against Blacks, sometimes to a murderous degree.
		Yes, Coal Black is a funny cartoon, and yes, Bob Clampett obviously meant no true malice toward Black people, but if you're going to discuss the cartoon with any kind of authority, you have to take into account its sociological impact as well.
	www.michaelbarrier.com /Feedback/feedback_clampett.htm (477 words)

	Jim Hill : Making Fun of the Mouse: Part I
		In fact, in January of 1943, Warner Brothers released a cartoon that actually lampooned "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs." And that toon was called...
		In "Coal Black," So White first spies Prince Chawmin' by seeing his reflection in her laundry tub.
		But thanks to the nice folks over at www.youtube.com, now you can watch "Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs" and decide for yourself whether it's right for Warner Bros. to pull a "Song of the South" with this particular animated short.
	jimhillmedia.com /blogs/jim_hill/print/2150.aspx (1162 words)

	Animation Show Forums > Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs
		It wasn't so much that "Scrub Me Mama" was an inherently more offensive cartoon (frankly none of the Black film students raised a fuss about either film) but that it was so inferior in animation and lacking in any real entertainment value.
		"Coal Black" was at least 50 times funnier and none of the humor fell flat in the short.
		As for the fl face "Mammy" gags, these seem to take on another dimension, as they underscore the grotesqueness and contorversy of Al Jolson.
	www.animationshow.com /forums/lofiversion/index.php?t899.html (1841 words)

	Newsletter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Yes, the animated film is racist; it is a reflection of the time it was created in, and there is a reason why the dwarfs are fl and stupid.
		If the dwarfs were supposed to be stupid without showing any racism, the dwarfs would have been fl, white, asian, etc. - not just fl.
		Also, just because the dwarfs are fl soldiers in a time where there was no real majority of fl soldiers, does not mean that the animators were being equal opportunists.
	pages.nyu.edu /~sjb3855/news.html (347 words)

	Area 77 » Blog Archive » Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs
		The notion that fl culture cannot be utilized in cartoons is racist itself.
		And the one with fl Elmer Fudd was hysterical.
		He was portrayed as an individual buffoon who happened to be fl, no diffwent than Fudd was potwayed as an individual white guy.
	area-77.com /blog/?p=91 (1283 words)

	SNOW WHITE MEDIA PAGE
		This is the work of the legendary animator Bob Clampett but his illustrations for "Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs" and the title itself represent a racism that reflects the racial views of the 1940s and it is among those short films that ridicule and capitalize on ugly stereotypes.
		Paul Taylor choreographs five rather than seven dwarfs and has the role of the queen and the prince played by the same person.
		This Pas de Deux was Telecast on WTTW-TV4 on December 27, 1971.
	www.scils.rutgers.edu /~kvander/swfilms.html (1035 words)

	Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind: Available for comment
		When I was a kid watching Warner Brothers' cartoons obsessively there were several -- eleven, as it turns out -- that were deemed too politically incorrect for viewing.
		But thanks to illicit bootleg VHS tapes and other doings I managed to see Bob Clampett's "Coal Black and the Sebben Dwarves" which was, to say the least, kinda wild and crazy, wonderfully musical and oftentimes hilarious.
		Now, thanks to YouTube, "Coal Black" is available for viewing.
	www.sarahweinman.com /confessions/2006/03/available_for_c.html (1067 words)

	GAC Forums - Coal Black and De Sebben Dwarfs
		Watch the recent post made by mmm...donuts which shows the differences between the old print of " Coal Black and De Sebben Dwarfs " to which we are accustomed and the gorgeous print donated by John K to ASIFA !
		The only thing racist in the cartoon are Prince Chawmin's dice front teeth, which references the stereotype of fl people shooting craps.
		Like COAL BLACK, the only racist part of the cartoon is the reference to crap shooting.
	www.goldenagecartoons.com /forums/showthread.php?t=4868 (686 words)

	Replies
		Are you familiar with a cartoon called Snow Black, a parody of Snow White and 7 Dwarfs?
		I have seen Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs.
		It's called Coal Black the de Sebben Dwarfs, and I've seen a copy of it on the internet, but I doubt it will ever be released.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1442845/replies?c=9 (242 words)

	ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive Project Blog: Filmography: Coal Black And De Sebben Dwarfs
		The International Animated Film Society: ASIFA-Hollywood has embarked on an ambitious project to create an animation archive, museum, and library for the benefit of the animation community, students and general public.
		I received an email asking how good the image quality was in the archive's copy of Coal Black And De Sebben Dwarfs.
		This film was sourced from a first generation 3/4 inch master donated by John Kricfalusi.
	animationarchive.org /2005/10/filmography-coal-black-and-de-sebben.html (407 words)

	Classic Cartoons: Coal Black and De Sebben Dwarfs
		Thanks to John Kricfalusi, the ASIFA Archive owns the best print of Bob Clampett's masterpiece "Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs" I've ever seen.
		I think the only way to have such a copy of the cartoon is to wait a possible future release in the LTGC dvd sets but, frankly, I think that they will release this kind of banned material in the last sets, so we'll have to wait something like ten years or more.
		Come by the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive on a Tuesday or Thursday during our office hours, and you can watch Coal Black as many times as you want...
	classiccartoons.blogspot.com /2005/11/coal-black-and-de-sebben-dwarfs.html (477 words)

	Song of the South and racism - Cinematical
		While reading Korn's take I was reminded of Bob Clampett's 1943 animated short Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs, another product of a less enlightened era (and one of the Censored 11 animated shorts that were banned in 1968) that depicted fls in a less than flattering light.
		I have not seen Song of the South, but I have seen Coal Black, and it would certainly be considered racist by today's standards.
		Seeing it in the context of the era in which it was released however, it's a silly, and admittedly misguided, cartoon.
	www.cinematical.com /2005/10/05/song-of-the-south-and-racism (672 words)

	MilkandCookies - Censored 11: Coal Black and De Sebben Dwarfs
		MilkandCookies - Censored 11: Coal Black and De Sebben Dwarfs
		Salvaged from poor quality copies and digitally restored for Historical and Educational purposes.
		Re: Censored 11: Coal Black and De Sebben Dwarfs
	www.milkandcookies.com /links/46276/details (378 words)

	Frederator Studios Blog
		"Coal Black And De' Sebben Dwarfs" also deserves to be shown inspite of it's politically incorrect stigma.
		With regards to "Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs": for those on the West Coast, ASIFA-Hollywood's Animation Archive does have a copy of it that can be viewed by the public: http://www.animationarchive.org/2005/10/filmography-coal-fl-and-de-sebben.html
		One of Pal's shorts won an Oscar during the war, but I can't remember the title.
	frederatorblogs.com /post/1459 (536 words)

	Warner Brothers Frequently Asked Questions
		What is "Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs?"
		It is a notorious 1943 cartoon directed by Bob Clampett which is basically a retelling of Snow White in flface.
		The caricatures of fls in this cartoon are inappropriate by today's standards, but the overall cartoon is a funny parody of the Disney Classic.
	www.nonstick.com /wdocs/wfaq.html (1815 words)

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		What's especially poignant is that from a standpoint of the artistry of animation, "Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs" is acknowledged by many to be the very height of the craft in its Golden Age.
		My comic days go way back but I was enthralled with them.
		The most blatant was Archie Bunker but he did a great job of finally coming around to some of his ways.
	www.deanesmay.com /posts/1145252830.comments.html (4640 words)

	ASIFA-Hollywood: The International Animated Film Society: At The Archive: Coal Black (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		ASIFA-Hollywood: The International Animated Film Society: At The Archive: Coal Black
		I posted some frame grabs from Coal Black And De Sebben Dwarfs on the Animation Archive Blog.
		This is one of the greatest cartoons ever made, but you won't see it on home video.
	www.asifa-hollywood.org /2005/10/at-archive-coal-black.html (101 words)

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