Betty Boop: The Queen of the Animated Screen

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My niece and mother were once enamored with Betty Boop. My niece enjoyed the cartoons and she had a few posters hanging on her wall, and my mother liked the collectibles (i.e. little lunch boxes, the pin-up-style photos, etc). Little did either of them know that Betty Boop was influential and sexualizing cartoons in the 1930s.

I watched this video yesterday:


It reignited a little flame of interest in Betty.

Any other fans out there?

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An interesting tidbit about my history with Betty Boop. Many moons ago, I recall my father telling me that Betty had originated as a dog. I was puzzled on whether or not to believe him, but I knew that when I had fact-checked my father before, he was almost always right in what he had said. Sure enough, when I pulled Betty up, I found out that she had started her career -- as much as a career can be started for an animation -- as a female dog companion for the cartoon Bimbo.

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