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Decent Short
Camptown Races (1948)
** 1/2 (out of 4)
Decent animated short from Paramount has a group of animals packing inside a tent so that they can watch a minstrel show where animals in blackface do various musical numbers. Obviously, the blackface aspect is going to rub a lot of people the wrong way today but I've never really seen the point of protesting or banning things and instead you can take something like this and turn it into a history lesson of how things once were. After you get past the blackface stuff, the short itself really isn't too bad, although there's no question that it's a long way from a classic. The music in the picture is actually the best thing with the movie kicking off with a great version of Dixie and we end things with the title track. The animation for the most part is pretty good and there's no doubt that most kids are going to enjoy the animals on display.
** 1/2 (out of 4)
Decent animated short from Paramount has a group of animals packing inside a tent so that they can watch a minstrel show where animals in blackface do various musical numbers. Obviously, the blackface aspect is going to rub a lot of people the wrong way today but I've never really seen the point of protesting or banning things and instead you can take something like this and turn it into a history lesson of how things once were. After you get past the blackface stuff, the short itself really isn't too bad, although there's no question that it's a long way from a classic. The music in the picture is actually the best thing with the movie kicking off with a great version of Dixie and we end things with the title track. The animation for the most part is pretty good and there's no doubt that most kids are going to enjoy the animals on display.
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- Michael_Elliott
- May 2, 2014
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- Runtime7 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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