Forbidden Animation

Cohen (an independent film distributor who also teaches animation history at San Francisco State U.) explores the history of censorship in American animation from the early 1920s to the present time. He comes at the topic from a number of thematic viewpoints, discussing racial stereotypes in animation, differences in standards between television and film animation, reactions to "uncensored" films such as Fritz the Cat and Lenny Bruce's Thank You Mask Man , the issue of self-censorship, and animators blacklisted during the 1950s Red Scare. The presentation is marred by low quality reproduction of photos, but other illustrations are relatively clear. Annotation 穢2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)