charlieshoemake

Excellent acting and photography but in all honesty....is there anyone in the world that was able to understand more than a few words of Linda Manz' voice overs ??? Why is it that In the movies of the 40's every word of dialogue is clear and distinct and from the 70's on it's often a guessing game ?? Whose fault is it ? Modern speech coaches or incompetent sound editors coming from a rock listening background ?? A subject for discussion..Maybe the producers wanted to make sure nobody could understand what she was saying and that people would come to see the film 20 times to finally figure it out....or then again, maybe it wasn't all that important and you were just supposed to watch it like a silent film and get what was happening from the actors movements.

Good story, good acting, implausible ending.....overall, it has some moments. BUT.....I have a question that probably no one has addressed. It's this. These young people are supposed to be of genius mentality, right ?? Then why is it that all of the music surrounding them and the film is rock and roll, the most elementary form of music known to man. Albert Einstein listened to Bach and Mozart. Does this mean that in todays world genius is only limited to one area and when it comes to the arts we're back in pre school. It would seem if they were all that brilliant they'd be listening to other geniuses....Stravinsky, Bartok, Gershwin, Charlie Parker. Does anyone have the answer to this.??

I saw this cartoon when I was a child and then many years later on T.V before it was deemed "politically incorrect" and probably lost forever. The African American community was probably horrified by it (and I suppose rightfully so) but there are some really funny (and meaningful ) lines in the dialog especially when the scarecrow tells Jaspar he should be playing jazz instead of scales.Actually, he tells Jaspar that the white keys are o.k for scales but he has to use the black keys if he wants to get into "the hot stuff". I sure would like to have a copy of it.. if anyone out there has any knowledge as to the availability of this cartoon series please let me know.