Fritz the Cat and Heavy Traffic helmer Ralph Bakshi subsequently directed the über-controversial animated feature Coonskin (aka Streetfight, 1975). Bakshi opens and closes the film with a live-action tale that stars Scatman Crothers, Miami Vice’s Philip Michael Thomas, Charles Gordone, and Barry White; it recounts the adventures of three African-American men who escape from prison and are later gathered up. In between, an animated tale has animal characters with stereotypically black traits — Brother Rabbit (voiced by Thomas), Brother Fox (voiced by Gordone), and Brother Bear (voiced by White) — entering a white-dominated ghetto environment and diverging into different paths; one becomes a crime overlord, the second sells the first out to La Cosa Nostra, and the third establishes himself as a media-exploited sports icon. Completely misread as a racist work upon release, the film actually entails Bakshi’s satirical excoriation of bigotry via the tongue-in-cheek use of black urban stereotypes. The director laces the film with profane ghetto dialogue and street slang; though animated, this is not a picture for children. Variety wrote of the work, “Beyond Bakshi’s cinematic style, his stories seem haunted by a worldliness that is torn between cynicism and tortured humanism. There is heart in his plots, so superficial putdown is totally absent. What is present [is] the evidently sincere empathy of a social surgeon.” The legendary Albert S. Ruddy (The Godfather, Cloud Nine) produced., “Fritz the Cat” and “Heavy Traffic” helmer Ralph Bakshi subsequently directed this über-controversial animated feature in which animal characters with stereotypically black traits enter a white-dominated ghetto environment and diverge into different paths. One becomes a crime overlord, the second sells the first out to La Cosa Nostra and the third establishes himself as a media-exploited sports icon.
Q&A :
Q: Who are the main cast members in “Coonskin ” ?
A: The main cast includes Ted C. Bemiller,Donald W. Ernst,William A. Fraker,Philip Michael Thomas,Barry White,Scatman Crothers,Charles Gordone,Ralph Bakshi.
Q: When Did the “Coonskin” Released?
A: The Movie “Coonskin” originally aired on and released in the year of 1975.
Q: What Languages are available to watch “Coonskin” ?
A: Is also available in eng language.
Q: Where to watch “Coonskin” ?
A: “Coonskin” is Avaiable on Netflix. as its Netflix Originals.
