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Betty Boop 貝蒂

Banned for drug use(1934)--from youtube

Boop-oop-a-doop(1932)--from youtube

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華特迪士尼於1920年代在西岸逐漸成名時，其他動畫工作室也在努力與他競爭。紐約的麥克斯和大衛費雪想創造出一個角色能與米老鼠匹敵。他們的答案就是貝蒂。 

The original animation for Betty Boop was done by Grim Natwick. Natwick remembers how Betty“started out as a little dog with long ears, but the rest of her was extremely feminine,and she did a rather swinging dance in the first picture which no dog could have done.”

 貝蒂原來的動畫是格林納衛克所創造，納衛克記得“被第一開始是一隻長耳朵的小狗，其他部分卻非常女性化，她還再第一部影片當中跳了一支相當放浪的舞。狗是無法這樣跳舞的。”

 Later the long ears became earrings, and there was no mistaking Betty for a dog anymore. She had large round eyes with long black lashes, a pouting mouth, tiny pointed feet, dark curly hair and a curvy figure. She danced, giggled, shook her short skirt and flirted. She had a distinctive, high-pitched voice. She was sexy but naïve. As her theme song put it,“ Made of pen and ink, she can win you with a wink.”

 後來長耳朵變成耳環，再也不會有人將貝蒂誤認為小狗。她有圓圓的大眼睛，睫毛又黑又長，她嘟著嘴巴，有尖尖小小的腳，黝黑的捲髮，及曲線玲瓏的身材，她跳起舞來格格地笑，甩動著短裙一邊賣弄風騷。她的嗓音獨特而高亢。她很性感卻有天真無邪。如同主題曲所描述的，“用筆墨製成的她，眨個眼便能贏得你的心。

 Betty was a cartoon imitation of the American“flappers”of the 1920s. These women were not content to fulfill their rolls as obedient housewives. They wanted to be more independent. They dressed daringly, and pushed for more sexual freedom.Max Fleischer’s son Richard has said of Betty:”she was on her own, she was not a homebody, as most women were at that time. Betty was out working, earning a living. She was a city girl.”

 貝蒂是模仿1920年代美國“摩登女郎”造型的卡通人物，這些女性不甘成為順從的家庭主婦，想要更為獨立。她們穿著大膽，並要求更多的性自由。麥克斯費雪之子里查曾形容貝蒂：”她很獨立，不像當時大多數的婦女喜歡呆在家裡。她外出工作，自立更生。她是個都會型女子。”

 Audiences loved Betty,often demanding that theater managers show her cartoons several times in a row.In one typical role, Betty plays circus performer who rides horses bareback. The ringmaster of the circus try to seduce Betty.” Do you like your job?” he says, stroking her legs. Then he whispers something in her ear which causes her to slap him. Betty sings:” you can feed me bread and water/ Or a great big bale of hay/ But don’t take my Boop-Oop-A-Doop away.

 觀眾都喜愛貝蒂，時常要求戲院經理連續幾次播映她的卡通，她常飾演的一個角色是不用馬鞍騎馬的一個馬戲團演員，團主想要引誘貝蒂，一邊撫摸她的腿一邊問道:”你喜歡你的工作嗎?”然後在她耳邊低聲說了一些話，結果貝蒂摑了他一巴掌，貝蒂接著唱出:”你可以給我麵包或水，或是一大捆乾草，但別奪走我的性感魅力。”

 In the 1930s,after the wild, wide-open 1920s,America found itself in a more conservative mood. Audiences that had loved Betty now began complaining about her attitude and shirt skirt. Religious groups organized to protest.

 經過了狂野的1920年代，美國在1930年代進入了一個比較保守的氛圍，曾經仰慕貝蒂的觀眾，現在抱怨她的態度大膽，裙子也太短。宗教團體並組織活動提出抗議。

 Under increasing preasure, Hollywood agreed to a new code of production. Indecent exposure was forbidden, as were suggestive gestures. Betty would have to begin behaving like a good girl. She began wearing more clothes. She spent a lot of time in the house ,with her grandfather, singing lines like :”Lots of floors to scrub , and windows to rub.” But wearing an apron and washing dishes, Betty just wasn’t Betty anymore. She has lost her charm.After 1939, she didn’t make any new cartoons.

在日益沉重的壓力之下，好萊塢同意採用新的製片原則。他們不允許不雅的裸露，具有暗示性的姿勢也在禁止之列。貝蒂的行為舉止也得像個好女孩，她開始穿著較多的衣服，陪祖父呆在屋裡的時間變多，並唱著這樣的歌詞:"還有好多地板要刷，有好多窗戶要擦。”但穿著圍裙洗碗根本不像貝蒂，她已經失去了魅力，1939年以後，她就沒有任何的新片推出了。

Two decades later, the conservative mood would change.When women began demanding their independence and sexual freedom again, in the sixties and seventies, Betty made a comeback. Betty Boop was always ahead of her time. Seventy years ago, her cartoons handled issues of women’s right and sexual harassment, which are still issues today. These days , more people than ever are fans of sexy Betty. She’s still winning us with a wink.

二十年後，保守的氣氛會變，當六零與七零年代的女性，再次要求獨立自主和性自由時，貝蒂東山再起。貝蒂一直都走在她的時代前端，七十年前，她的卡通探討了女權和性騷擾的問題，至今仍是重要的課題。如今有更多影迷喜歡性感的貝蒂，只要眨個眼她還是可以贏的我們的心。

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