[HN Gopher] The complicated man who made 'Rudolph' ___________________________________________________________________ The complicated man who made 'Rudolph' Author : zdw Score : 62 points Date : 2022-12-12 13:52 UTC (9 hours ago) (HTM) web link (animationobsessive.substack.com) (TXT) w3m dump (animationobsessive.substack.com) | pugworthy wrote: | All jokes aside, I have to wonder if Tadahito Mochinaga pondered | at all the story and characters through the lens of his own | political beliefs. | | First, there's the obvious "Red" part of the film's title | character, which one might see as amusing or ironic given the | term was used in the west for communists. | | Or in any way did he look at the story line of Santa's whole | socioeconomic model centering around both pseudo (slave?) labor | of the elves, combined with the socialist "toys for all" message | of Santa. Should the workers rise up, or accept that their labor | allows for socialism (of toys to children) to flourish? | [deleted] | drewcoo wrote: | Bah! Gene Autry made Rudolph [1]. He was a singing cowboy who | also made science fiction crossover serials [2], so I suppose | that's complicated. | | [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph_the_Red- | Nosed_Reindeer... | | [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_Empire | dartmoose wrote: | Who knows how far back the chain of inspiration and influence | goes, but Robert Lewis May's book predates Gene Autry [1]. The | wiki link you shared actually mentions the inspiration for Gene | was a children's book. | | [1] https://home.dartmouth.edu/news/2011/12/rudolph-red-nosed- | re... | jjulius wrote: | >The wiki link you shared actually mentions the inspiration | for Gene was a children's book. | | And even mentions May, specifically: | | >In 1939, Marks' brother-in-law, Robert L. May, created the | character Rudolph as an assignment for Montgomery Ward, and | Marks decided to adapt the story of Rudolph into a song. | aidenn0 wrote: | Johnny Marks (who worked on the stop-motion show) was credited | with writing the Autry song (and his brother-in-law created the | character itself). | vanderZwan wrote: | It's an animation blog. With context it's obvious the blog is | going to discuss the "Rudolph" animation, not the song, since | the latter has no place on such a blog. | [deleted] | snickerbockers wrote: | Does this mean it qualifies as anime? ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-12-12 23:00 UTC)