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The chocolate princess

Bill Cosby reads the classic story in this sign language version of the animated tale


This movie is part of the collection: Open Source Movies

Sponsor: Atlanta Area School for the Deaf
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Contact Information: www.aasdweb.com/CATS

Creative Commons license: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

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Reviewer: Christine Hennig - - February 9, 2005
Subject: Live Action Meets Animation...Who Will Win?
Sign language version of a 70s cartoon with an anti-racist message, narrated by Bill Cosby. In this one, they experiment not just with having the interpreter break in at various points, but with inserting boxes on top of the characters with interpreters, in costume, playing the various roles in sign language. This gives the film a weirdness the other interpreted cartoons dont have. The Chocolate King looks especially strange and surreal. Its also curious that although the cartoon has an anti-racist message, the girl playing the sign-language Chocolate Princess is white, as are all the other sign-language actors. They deserve points for getting creative here, though.
Ratings: Camp/Humor Value: ****. Weirdness: *****. Historical Interest: ****. Overall Rating: ****.