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New Betty Boop film in the works
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Queso de Grande
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Betty Boop cartoons were and still are great. I hope this movie is not 3d animation. Max Fleischer's rotoscoping was too good for 3D.
Heimdall_Xtreme
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I find his character endearing. I like those old cartoons.
Pejo
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They have to be doing this just to take the piss at this point. I hope nobody keeps giving this type of thing attention.
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
This has to be satire, come on.
DeafTourette
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Betty Boop was inspired by a black woman named Esther Jones. From the hair, the dress and the voice including the "boop-boop-dee-boop"
DeafTourette
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Esther Jones
ResilientBanana
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Some things need to die
DeafTourette
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She's short but too dark skinned to play who Betty Boop was modeled after.
Wiki says the lawsuit was that Betty Boop was modelled VISUALLY after Helen Kane (white woman) but the singing style was actually Esther Jones and Kane was just imitating her.
Baby Esther - Wikipedia
Max Fleischer located a sound film made in 1928 of Esther performing, which was introduced as evidence. In the film, she sings three songs that had earlier been popularized by Helen Kane—"Don't Be Like That", "Is There Anything Wrong with That?" and "Wa-da-da"—which writer Mark Langer says "was hardly proof that Helen Kane derived her singing style from Baby Esther". According to jazz historian Robert O'Meally, this evidence might have been fabricated by the Fleischers to discredit Kane, whom they later admitted was their model for Betty Boop. O'Meally also questioned if there was some sort of deal between Fleischer Studios and Bolton and questioned if Esther was ever paid for her presumed loss of revenue.
Seems confusing, which I guess is why it would make for a good movie!
kruis
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Hmmm…. Wikipedia says it could have been Helen Kane. She even sued Fleischer Studio but lost the case.
Helen Kane - Wikipedia
Angry_Megalodon
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I'm boss, tired.
bitbydeath
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If they're serious about her having the role they would make her lose weight for it.
I bet this isn't a serious job offer.
I bet this isn't a serious job offer.
falconhoof
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kruis
Exposing the sinister cartel of retailers who allow companies to pay for advertising space.
Esther Jones
That's not Esther Jones but a Russian (or Ukrainian) model: Olya Gussy. She's not black at all.
This is the real Esther Jones. she doesn't look anything like Betty Boop as you can clearly see.
The Story Of Harlem's Baby "Betty Boop" Esther
Esther Jones (aka Gertrude Saunders), known by her stage name, "Baby Esther," was an singer and entertainer of the late 1920s. Her "baby" singing style ofte
www.harlemworldmagazine.com
The Dark Goddess: When Betty Boop Went Topless : David Bruce : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
In the pre-code era Betty Boop was very different - cartoons were intended for adults, not kids
archive.org
There is an interesting link about Betty Boop cartoons, the last 2/3rds or so is just a long compilation. Some kinda wack stuff in there, like having her be VERY infantile, oh Hollywood, you were ALWAYS a pedo camp, eh? and at 19:20 she actually uses ink to darken herself to play a hawaiian hula girl.
I enjoy the animation style of these Fleischer cartoons and the visual pins and stuff are fun. Kind of a hallucinogenic trip, some of them.
GymWolf
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Nightmare fuel.They should have casted my girl Kyary Pamyu Pamyu. She looked great as Betty Boop to me. I don't care if she can't speak much English.
chromhound
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Ishma3L
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DKehoe
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Seems there's a bunch of sleepy fuckers in this thread.
Artoris
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Does look a bit like Edward Scissorhands
Trilobit
Absolutely Cozy
Idleyes
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I mean, this one actually tracks. Betty Boop was inspired by 1920s/1930s entertainment culture. Jazz, Vaudeville, Flappers (over time), night club singers and so on. She was also inspired by silent film stars. So she's likely a mixture of black, white and a bunch of other shit.. To me she's a hybrid of these two dope ass entertainers (and always will be in my head)..
Clara Bow
Esther Jones (Black, yeah I know she doesn't look it here)
Clara Bow
Esther Jones (Black, yeah I know she doesn't look it here)
Idleyes
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That's not Esther Jones but a Russian (or Ukrainian) model: Olya Gussy. She's not black at all.
This is the real Esther Jones. she doesn't look anything like Betty Boop as you can clearly see.
The Story Of Harlem's Baby "Betty Boop" Esther
Esther Jones (aka Gertrude Saunders), known by her stage name, "Baby Esther," was an singer and entertainer of the late 1920s. Her "baby" singing style ofte
I think you're right, I can't source that image. From what I understand, Betty Boop was mainly inspired by Esther's vocal style and the broader jazz-age entertainment culture of the 1920s and 1930s. I also think Clara Bow likely influenced Betty's visual style and latter flapper personality.