Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs
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Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs is a 1943 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Bob Clampett, known for its jazz-infused, racially caricatured parody of the Snow White fairy tale.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Merrie Melodies cartoon
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animated short film ⓘ parody film ⓘ |
| animationStudio | Warner Bros. Cartoons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| animationType | traditional hand-drawn animation ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Snow White
NERFINISHED
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| censorshipStatus | withdrawn from television syndication ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Technicolor ⓘ |
| controversialFor |
racist caricatures
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use of blackface imagery ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception |
condemned for racism
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praised for animation craft ⓘ |
| director | Bob Clampett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Warner Bros. Pictures
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surface form:
Warner Bros.
|
| era | Golden Age of American animation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| features |
African-American caricatures
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racial stereotypes ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Prince Chawmin
NERFINISHED
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Sebben Dwarfs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| franchise | Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
animated comedy
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musical film ⓘ parody ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| historicalContext | World War II era ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | So White NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | 35 mm film ⓘ |
| musicStyle |
jazz
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swing ⓘ |
| notableFor |
extreme racial caricature
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fast-paced animation ⓘ integration of jazz music with animation ⓘ |
| originalReleaseDate | 1943-01-16 ⓘ |
| originalReleaseYear | 1943 ⓘ |
| parodies | Snow White fairy tale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Censored Eleven NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Leon Schlesinger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runningTimeMinutes | 7 ⓘ |
| screeningRestrictions | rarely shown publicly ⓘ |
| series | Merrie Melodies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | fairy-tale kingdom ⓘ |
| style | jazz-infused ⓘ |
| subjectOf | scholarly analysis of race in animation ⓘ |
| targetAudienceAtRelease | general theatrical audiences ⓘ |
| title | Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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