Ralph Bakshi's most controversial film without a doubt, mostly due its use of satirical use of racist iconography, being some sort of 70s antithesis of Disney's Song of the South, putting the Br'er Rabbit folk tales into a urban setting.
Pretty much like the previous films as Bakshi (Such as his adaptation of Fritz the Cat and Heavy Traffic) the plot is a bit disjointed and episodic, which combined with the surreal imagery of several scenes ends feeling like some sort of fever dream. Or perhaps, a drug-induced hallucination.
But like in Fritz the Cat and Heavy Traffic, there is also room for some little melancholy amidst all the shocking humor and nastiness of the characters, like in the scene where the godfather's wife rejuvenates and turns into a fairy while being shot to death by her own family, or the story of Malcolm the cockroach parodying Herriman's Krazy Kat.
Definitely not a film for everyone, not only for its explicit content, but its almost experimental approach to both visuals and narrative.
It might not be a masterpiece, but I do admire the way it holds no punches to deliver its message in such a bizarrely memorable manner.
6.5/10.
Pretty much like the previous films as Bakshi (Such as his adaptation of Fritz the Cat and Heavy Traffic) the plot is a bit disjointed and episodic, which combined with the surreal imagery of several scenes ends feeling like some sort of fever dream. Or perhaps, a drug-induced hallucination.
But like in Fritz the Cat and Heavy Traffic, there is also room for some little melancholy amidst all the shocking humor and nastiness of the characters, like in the scene where the godfather's wife rejuvenates and turns into a fairy while being shot to death by her own family, or the story of Malcolm the cockroach parodying Herriman's Krazy Kat.
Definitely not a film for everyone, not only for its explicit content, but its almost experimental approach to both visuals and narrative.
It might not be a masterpiece, but I do admire the way it holds no punches to deliver its message in such a bizarrely memorable manner.
6.5/10.