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Coonskin is said by its director to be about blacks and for whites, and by its ads to be for blacks and against whites. Its title was originally intended to break through racial stereotypes by its bluntness, but now the ads say the hero and his pals are out "to get the Man to stop calling them coonskin."
Jul 11, 2016 · A subversive and satirical re-imagining of Disney’s Song Of The South transplanted to Harlem, Ralph Bakshi’s incendiary masterpiece Coonskin exploits and eviscerates grotesque American racial stereotypes with a politically incorrect, profane and vicious sense of humor.
Its title was originally intended to break through racial stereotypes by its bluntness, but now the ads say the hero and his pals are out “to get the Man to stop calling them coonskin.” The movie’s original distributor, Paramount, dropped it after pressure from black groups.
Mar 31, 2017 · However, Bakshi hated the title “Coonskin,” which he always claimed was forced on the film by producer Ruddy, who thought it was more controversial (i.e. commercial). Needless to say ...
Sep 3, 2014 · As a formal experiment and as a narrative film, Coonskin is an audacious work of blunt force trauma. It’s also sadly/wearingly/frustratingly still relevant to how we in this country discuss race.
- Brendan Foley
Jul 20, 1975 · It is a racist film to me, and very insulting.” CORE mounted an intensive campaign to stop the film's release—a campaign that included picketing the New York headquarters of Gulf and Western, the...
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