Sign in or register
for additional privileges

Birth of An Industry: Blackface Minstrelsy and the Rise of American Animation

Nicholas Sammond, Author

You appear to be using an older verion of Internet Explorer. For the best experience please upgrade your IE version or switch to a another web browser.

Space, Page 155

Lavish movie palaces in the 1920s sometims mounted combination shows, a mixture of live spectacle and film. These usually incorporated cartoons such as Big Chief Ko-Ko (1925) alongside live theatrical performances, including travelogues, orchestral interludes, and musical dance numbers.

This cartoon contains a number of stereotypical depictions of "Indian" characters within the theme of the interplay between the animation/animated and reality/animator. Although the Indian Chief gives Max Fleischer the background for the cartoon—as if the Chief had a certain amount of creative control over the animation—eventually Ko-Ko and Fitz turn on the Chief, who retaliates and forces them back into the Inkwell.
Comment on this page
 

Discussion of "Space, Page 155"

Add your voice to this discussion.

Checking your signed in status ...

Previous page on path Space, page 9 of 36 Next page on path

Related:  Race, Page 229Space, Page 194Space, Page 143Performance, Page 45Performance, Page 84Race, Page 221Race, Page 220Performance, Page 77Race, Page 231Race, Page 225Race, Page 247Conclusion, Page 275Space, Page 187Labor, Page 98Race, Page 261Introduction, Page 2Conclusion, Page 278Conclusion, Page 286Conclusion, Page 303Space, Page 148Conclusion, Page 291Race, Page 224Space, Page 178Introduction, Page 30Race, Page 254Space, Page 188Labor, Page 123Conclusion, Page 289Conclusion, Page 292Space, Page 182Labor, Page 88Performance, Page 47Space, Page 138Introduction, Page 6Space, Page 146Race, Page 232Race, Page 251Labor, Page 129Conclusion, Page 298Labor, Page 132Space, Page 181Space, Page 184Race, Page 206Space, Page 190Labor, Page 133Performance, Page 50Race, Page 253Labor, Page 101Performance, Page 41Space, Page 172Race, Page 252Introduction, Page 14Space, Page 175Labor, Page 122Performance, Page 46Introduction, Page 21Space, Page 191Labor, Page 112Conclusion, Page 300Space, Page 193Performance, Page 72Labor, Page 110Space, Page 177Space, Page 162Space, Page 152Conclusion, Page 296Performance, Page 82Space, Page 150Race, Page 204Labor, Page 119Space, Page 170Labor, Page 109Performance, Page 35Space, Page 197Introduction, Page 4Race, Page 239Space, Page 163Space, Page 183Labor, Page 113Labor, Page 96Race, Page 248Introduction, Page 29Performance, Page 52Labor, Page 97Space, Page 189Performance, Page 34Race, Page 258Performance, Page 74Performance, Page 42Space, Page 165Conclusion, Page 290Labor, Page 128Performance, Page 54Introduction, Page 23Race, Page 235Race, Page 213Performance, Page 44Performance, Page 70Conclusion, Page 304Performance, Page 60Race, Page 230Conclusion, Page 273Conclusion, Page 302Performance, Page 43Space, Page 141Space, Page 156Introduction, Page 1Conclusion, Page 284