Sign in or register
for additional privileges

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

Nicholas Sammond, Author
Space, page 22 of 36

 

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 178

In a self-reflexive moment, the animated characters in Making 'Em Move repeat a gag from Uncle Josh at the Picture Show (1902), violently tearing down the screen to get the film's characters and dissolving the boundary between theatre, stage, and screen. 

In Uncle Josh, the line between disbelief at the motion picture and desire to imitate it are blurred. This is especially evident when Uncle Josh tears down the screen to stop a couple embracing and kissing, then struggles with the projectionist.
Comment on this page
 

Discussion of "Space, Page 178"

Add your voice to this discussion.

Checking your signed in status ...

Previous page on path Space, page 22 of 36 Next page on path

Related:  Performance, Page 54Performance, Page 84Space, Page 175Introduction, Page 6Space, Page 187Space, Page 152Conclusion, Page 289Race, Page 230Space, Page 193Labor, Page 98Labor, Page 119Race, Page 224Space, Page 184Space, Page 188Race, Page 221Space, Page 155Conclusion, Page 284Performance, Page 74Space, Page 146Race, Page 253Labor, Page 109Conclusion, Page 298Performance, Page 34Race, Page 248Introduction, Page 29Race, Page 235Space, Page 194Introduction, Page 23Race, Page 206Space, Page 150Conclusion, Page 291Labor, Page 128Performance, Page 46Introduction, Page 1Race, Page 213Performance, Page 35Introduction, Page 14Labor, Page 132Labor, Page 88Performance, Page 72Performance, Page 52Space, Page 163Introduction, Page 21Space, Page 177Space, Page 162Labor, Page 113Conclusion, Page 303Conclusion, Page 302Space, Page 143Performance, Page 82Introduction, Page 2Performance, Page 70Space, Page 137Introduction, Page 20Space, Page 182Race, Page 229Race, Page 232Conclusion, Page 273Labor, Page 122Race, Page 231Race, Page 239Labor, Page 112Space, Page 190Introduction, Page 4Performance, Page 45Space, Page 197Space, Page 181Labor, Page 123Labor, Page 115Performance, Page 50Space, Page 183Labor, Page 133Space, Page 170Conclusion, Page 286Labor, Page 101Race, Page 251Conclusion, Page 292Race, Page 254Performance, Page 62Race, Page 225Conclusion, Page 300Performance, Page 42Space, Page 192Race, Page 261Race, Page 252Space, Page 141Race, Page 220Introduction, Page 30Conclusion, Page 278Conclusion, Page 275Space, Page 172Space, Page 191Space, Page 148Conclusion, Page 296Race, Page 204Race, Page 258Space, Page 138Conclusion, Page 304Space, Page 165Conclusion, Page 290Performance, Page 77Performance, Page 44Performance, Page 47Labor, Page 129Performance, Page 60Space, Page 189Race, Page 247Performance, Page 43Performance, Page 41Space, Page 171Labor, Page 110Introduction, Page 15Space, Page 195Race, Page 219Labor, Page 131Introduction, Page 16