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[[File:Coal_Black_And_De_Sebben_Dwarfs_2588.jpg|frame]]
'''''Coal Black And De Sebben Dwarfs''''' is a very controversial [[The Golden Age of Animation|1943]] short directed by [[Bob Clampett]] for the [[Merrie Melodies]] series. It is the classic ([[From a Certain Point of View]]) story of "[[Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (
While this short is considered one of the finest cartoons ever made, it's also considered one of the most racist, and as a result, it has remained on the infamous "[[Censored Eleven]]" list of Warner Bros. cartoons, and it seemed very unlikely that it would see the light of day outside of bootlegs -- that is, until Warner Bros. announced an official DVD release of the Censored Eleven.
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* [[Deranged Animation]]: Typical of Clampett's work.
** Notably the scene where Prince Chawmin's steps out of his limousine and walks around very oddly.
* [[Doing It for
* [[Evil Laugh]]: Delivered by the queen when she thinks shes "blacked out So White."
* [[Girlish Pigtails]]: So White.
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* [[Murder, Inc.]]: Literally used in the short to "black out So White".
* [[No Sparks]]: Prince Chawmin' tries to apply [[The Big Damn Kiss|his dynamite kiss]] to So White, only to find this is the case. (The Dopey [[Expy]] does the trick.)
* [[Recycled in Space]]: It's "[[Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (
** Which becomes [[Hilarious in Hindsight]] when you think about [[The Princess and
* [[Rhymes
* [[Shout
** The short has many parallels to [[Snow White
** When Prince Chawmin' arrives for [[The Big Damn Kiss]], he declares, "I'll give her a kiss and it won't be a dud / I'll bring her to life with my special..." It then cuts to a black screen with the Prince's disembodied lips exclaiming, "'''''[[Citizen Kane
** So White sings, "I work all day, and I get [[Cab Calloway|de bluuuuuues in de night]]." This was because Bob Clampett was a fan of African American jazz music.
* [[Something Else Also Rises]]: The Dopey Expy kissing So White has a stronger reaction than the Prince's attempts.
* [[The Speechless]]: Averted with the Dopey [[Expy]], who even has a line in their introductory song.
* [[Through a Face Full of Fur]]: Prince Chawmin' turning completely pale (save for most of his teeth), due to his attempts at reviving So White with his rosebud kisses literally taking the life out of him in the original, freaky version of that part. In the alternate version, his face turns gray as he tries in vain to awaken So White by kissing, then his hair turns gray, stands back and becomes wavy, then white and receded, and his face is now a high-yellow shade in lieu of his normal, darker complexion.
* [[Visual Pun]]: The part where the queen is eating "Chattanooga Chew-Chews", a [[Shout
** And she has a bottle of "Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin."
* [[Wartime Cartoon]]: notable in several places, for example ...
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