Posted on 05/20/2026 8:52:02 PM PDT by Red Badger
Alright, who had Betty Boop for Hollywood's next skin-color swap?
This is reportedly a live-action film, by the way, and Brunson will play Betty Boop as herself.
From Variety:
The film will trace the origin and evolution of Betty Boop through the perspective of her creator, Max Fleischer, examining the relationship between the artist and his creation as he navigates the creative and commercial pressures of building one of the world's first animated icons, particularly as that icon begins to take on a life of its own.
You just know this is gonna be super woke 😂
(I can't wait to learn how Betty Boop was actually a Marxist struggle icon in the fight against white Christofascism!)
I jest, but don't discount the rewriting of history that could happen here. Fleischer is on record telling his artists that he wanted a caricature of flapper-girl Helen Kane, who was known for her "boop-boop-a-doop" routine.
I'll link the Wikipedia source here before the woke editors inevitably change history:
One day [in 1930], Dave Fleischer handed Grim a photograph of singer, Helen Kane and asked him to design a caricature. Fleischer had found a sound-alike, and planned to use her in the upcoming Talkartoon, 'Dizzy Dishes'. Grim exaggerated Kane's wide eyes and rosebud mouth, creating a slightly coarse, but strikingly original design.
An excerpt from film magazine Photoplay in April 1932 compared the two. One month later, Kane sued Fleischer for more than $6 million in today's currency for using her likeness.
Despite this, you will see wokies and black revisionists in the comments painting an entirely different picture:
Factoring into the production of this film for the illusive modern audience is a thing called the Third Generation Curse, where the grandkids of notable public figures ruin the legacy/inheritance of their forebears. Fleischer's grandson is involved in the production of the film:
The 'Abbott Elementary' creator and Emmy winner will develop and star as Betty Boop in a feature film adaptation of the nearly century-old animated icon, Variety has learned exclusively. Brunson's company, Fifth Chance Productions, has partnered with Mark Fleischer, grandson of Betty Boop creator Max Fleischer, and Fleischer Studios on the project, which is currently in development and overseen by Fifth Chance's head of creative affairs, Erin Wehrenberg.
I have to include the Redditors making fun of the critics (you and me), because it made me laugh 😂👇
As we like to say around these parts, it's not just about swapping skin colors or genitals. It's about the purposeful Marxist strategy of hijacking and destroying the stories that unite us as a culture and as a nation.
Anyway, that's your Hollywood update for the day!
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Definitely not. Perhaps you got her mixed up with King David of Israel
As the Bee article correctly states:
“It’s about the purposeful Marxist strategy of hijacking and destroying the stories that unite us as a culture and as a nation.”
If I want to watch black people on the screen, I turn to true crime reality TV.
Still waiting to see a white person “star” as a murderer in NOLA.
If they do get a “role” it is the dead person in the opening scene.
Oddly enough, over the years i've learned more about "Betty Boop" than I ever cared to know.
Max Fleischer was caught dead to rights, and he pulled a swindle to convince a bought off court to let him get away with it.
Esther Jones is just a pawn in this story.
Have you seen Helen Kane perform? She *IS* "Betty Boop". Every mannerism and bit of slang she uses were exactly copied onto the Betty Boop character.
Helen Kane performed "I want to be loved by you" in front of audiences in 1928. That song includes the famous "Boop oop a doop" catchphrase.
"Betty Boop" didn't show up until 1930, so "Boop oop a doop" precedes "Betty Boop" by at least 2 years.
Esther Jones was born in 1918, so she would have been 10 years old when Helen Kane was singing "boop oop a doop" on stage in front of large audiences in New York.
Esther Jones was just someone Max Fleischer dragged up (bribed) to claim she was the inspiration for Betty Boop because he didn't want to pay Helen Kane $250,000.
Max Fleischer was hanging around in black clubs in Harlem watching a 10 year old perform? Not likely.
Fleischer bought off the judge. It's the only explanation that makes sense. It's New York. Stranger things have happened there.
I’ll check her out.
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