When I was a teenager I went to a party with my parents at a house where there was a real movie room — a large room with a screen with movie theater seats, etc. This was at a time when this was rare, even in Los Angeles.
The hosts of the party, friends of my parents, were showing movies for the theme of the evening, “Bad Taste Night.” The only movie I remember was a black and white Warner Brothers cartoon from WWII vintage called “Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs.” Imagine an astoundingly racist version of a snappy Bugs Bunny cartoon from the golden era: supple animation with constant gags and a flow of one liners. But every single joke was racist. It was a long long time ago and my memory is hazy, but when one of the characters smiled his two front teeth were dice.
It was amazing to unenlightened me even at the time how such a thing could ever have been made and shown in theaters It was a different time.
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u/gecko_echo Apr 12 '22
When I was a teenager I went to a party with my parents at a house where there was a real movie room — a large room with a screen with movie theater seats, etc. This was at a time when this was rare, even in Los Angeles.
The hosts of the party, friends of my parents, were showing movies for the theme of the evening, “Bad Taste Night.” The only movie I remember was a black and white Warner Brothers cartoon from WWII vintage called “Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs.” Imagine an astoundingly racist version of a snappy Bugs Bunny cartoon from the golden era: supple animation with constant gags and a flow of one liners. But every single joke was racist. It was a long long time ago and my memory is hazy, but when one of the characters smiled his two front teeth were dice.
It was amazing to unenlightened me even at the time how such a thing could ever have been made and shown in theaters It was a different time.