Denise talks about the creation and evolution of the 1920’s animated flapper girl, Betty Boop. With it being the 2020’s perhaps it’s time for Betty to get a modern makeover!
Show Notes
- The Gal Pals this month are Dr. Leah Leach, Bonnie Fillenwarth, Katie Harris and Denise Jaeckel.
- Leah already talked about Wonder Woman
- Get to know you question – If you could be any cartoon character for a day who would it be?
- What Denise meant to do
- What Denise decided on
- Denise’s 1 Cool Cartoon Thing is Betty Boop
- Betty starts as a French Poodle
- Sex symbol & escape
- Max Fleischer creator
- Based on Helen Kane (Wikipedia)
- Helen Kane based her act on Baby Ester (Ester Jones) (Wikipedia)
- EXTRA: The story of the trail between who owned the likeness to Betty Boop. (Harlem World Magazine)
- One of the main voices 1930-1938 actress of Betty was Mae Questel (Wikipedia)
- Betty Boop is 90 years old this year
- Backlash
- reinvention
- Written out of her own show
- Better Boop was brought back in the 70’s
- 1980’s merchandising
- Sexual innocence
- Could Betty be reinvented?
- D.C. Bombshells Comic Line (D.C.)
- Why is decency associated with owning your sexuality?
- Control
- Hope in the next generation
- School dress codes
- An idea of Betty Boop
- Roaring 20’s, best time for Betty to come back in a new way
- Disney characters with jobs (Insider)
- Hedy Lamarr as inspiration for Snow White and Cat Woman
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