{"id":16939,"date":"2011-05-18T21:04:38","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T04:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=16939"},"modified":"2021-01-29T10:27:04","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T17:27:04","slug":"dumbo-1941","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=16939","title":{"rendered":"Dumbo (1941)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;You all oughta be ashamed of yourselves &#8212; a bunch of big guys like you, pickin&#8217; on a poor little orphan like him.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dumbo-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dumbo-Poster-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16940\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dumbo-Poster-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dumbo-Poster-83x128.jpg 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dumbo-Poster.jpg 347w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA baby elephant is ridiculed because of his enormous ears, and exiled to working as a clown &#8212; but with the help of his friend Timothy Q. Mouse (Edward Brophy), he soon discovers his true potential.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Animated Features<\/li>\n<li>Carnivals and Circuses<\/li>\n<li>Misfits<\/li>\n<li>Talking Animals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary accurately labels this classic animated feature about a misfit\/freak who is &#8220;laughed at and rejected by the ones [he tries] to befriend&#8221; a &#8220;Disney film with heart&#8221;, noting that while it was &#8220;made on the cheap, to help recoup heavy studio losses&#8221;, it nonetheless remains one of the studio&#8217;s &#8220;finest, sweetest, least pretentious films&#8221;. He points out that &#8220;the characters are a memorable lot and are drawn expertly&#8221;, that the &#8220;action animation is exceptional&#8221; (with &#8220;excellent use&#8230; made of quick cuts and extreme angles&#8221;), and that &#8220;the story&#8230; manages to be both frightening (like, say, <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=15172\"><em>Oliver Twist<\/em><\/a>) and charming.&#8221; He calls out in particular the famed &#8220;Pink Elephants&#8221; dance sequence &#8212; representing a &#8220;nightmare the drunk Dumbo is having&#8221; &#8212; as &#8220;one of the greatest bits of animation in all of Disney&#8221;. At just an hour long, the heartwarming story literally flies by, from its inspired opening sequence (involving a stork &#8212; Sterling Holloway &#8212; delivering Dumbo to his eagerly awaiting mother), to the infamously distressing scene in which Dumbo attempts to communicate with his wrongly caged mother, to its triumphant finale (preceded by a pivotal scene involving a quartet of helpful jivin&#8217; crows). <em>Dumbo<\/em> deserves its celebrated spot in animation history, and merits multiple enjoyable viewings by all film fanatics. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Other than the &#8220;traumatic&#8221; mother-child separation scene cited above, <em>Dumbo<\/em> is probably the film most suitable for young children out of all of Disney&#8217;s early features. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A truly heartwarming (and at times heartbreaking) screenplay<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dumbo-Heartwarming.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dumbo-Heartwarming-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-16975\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dumbo-Heartwarming-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dumbo-Heartwarming-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dumbo-Heartwarming-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dumbo-Heartwarming.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Creative animation<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dumbo-Animation.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dumbo-Animation-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-16976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dumbo-Animation-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dumbo-Animation-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dumbo-Animation-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dumbo-Animation.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The memorably infamous &#8220;pink elephants&#8221; sequence<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dumbo-Pink-Elephants.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dumbo-Pink-Elephants-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-16977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dumbo-Pink-Elephants-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dumbo-Pink-Elephants-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dumbo-Pink-Elephants-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Dumbo-Pink-Elephants.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as one of Disney&#8217;s most justifiably acclaimed classics.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Genuine Classic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> (<span style=\"color:red;font-weight:bold;\">Listed in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-static\/1001Movies.htm\"><em>1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die<\/em><\/a><\/span>) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0033563\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1941\/10\/24\/archives\/walt-disneys-cartoon-dumbo-a-fanciful-delight-opens-at-the-broadway.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/moria.co.nz\/fantasy\/dumbo.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ultimatedisney.com\/dumbo-bigtopedition.html\">Ultimate Disney Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/film\/reviews\/65852\/dumbo.html\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;You all oughta be ashamed of yourselves &#8212; a bunch of big guys like you, pickin&#8217; on a poor little orphan like him.&#8221; Synopsis: A baby elephant is ridiculed because of his enormous ears, and exiled to working as a clown &#8212; but with the help of his friend Timothy Q. Mouse (Edward Brophy), he soon discovers his true potential. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Animated Features Carnivals and Circuses Misfits Talking Animals Response to Peary\u2019s Review: Peary accurately labels&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=16939\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16939"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66735,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16939\/revisions\/66735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}