History YMMV / CoalBlackAndDeSebbenDwarfs

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** Not just the race jokes either. The hitmen the queen hire have writing on their car saying they bump off midgets for half price. The "Japs for free" deal... well that [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII dates the time period when the cartoon was made.]]

** Not just the race jokes either. The hitmen the queen hire have writing on their car saying they bump off midgets for half price.

* HilariousInHindsight: Disney, the very studio being satirized in this cartoon, would end up doing [[WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog their own, significantly less controversial take on a classic fairy tale with a jazz score and predominantly black cast]] sixty years later. A few years before it, they'd also release [[Film/{{Enchanted}} another fairy tale pastiche]] in which [[spoiler: a prince repeatedly fails to awaken a woman poisoned by an apple, but an ordinary man wakes her with just one kiss.]]

** Not just the race jokes either. The hitmen the queen hire have writing on their car saying they bump off midgets for half the price.

* VindicatedByHistory: Despite being a part of the infamous WesternAnimation/CensoredEleven and containing the kind of politically incorrect humor that it could only get away with [[ValuesDissonance at a time with such radically different values]], ''Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs'' is often considered to be one of the greatest cartoons ever produced, making not only ''The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes'' list, but ''The 50 Greatest Cartoons'' list as well.

* VindicatedByHistory: Despite being a part of the infamous WesternAnimation/CensoredEleven and containing the kind of politically incorrect humor that it could only get away with [[ValuesDissonance at a time with such radically different values]], Coal Black And De Sebben Dwarfs is often considered to be one of the greatest cartoons ever produced, making not only ''The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes'' list, but ''The 50 Greatest Cartoons'' list as well.

* HilariousInHindsight: Disney, the very studio being satirized in this cartoon, would end up doing [[WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog their own, significantly less controversial take on a classic fairy tale with a jazz score and predominantly Black cast]] sixty years later. A few years before it, they'd also release [[Film/{{Enchanted}} another fairy tale pastiche]] in which [[spoiler: a prince repeatedly fails to awaken a woman poisoned by an apple, but an ordinary man wakes her with just one kiss.]]

* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: If you can believe it, there are black fans of this cartoon (mostly cartoonists and cartoons fans who appreciate seeing ''any'' black characters in Golden Age-era cartoons, stereotypical or not). According to Bob Clampett's daughter Ruth, during an appearance at an event honoring black filmmakers in the late 70s, the audience, which included respected animator of color Floyd Norman, responded to a screening of the short with thunderous applause (this despite Clampett apologizing for any hurt feelings before). There are also who find the jokes so unapologetically and over-the-top offensive that [[CrossesTheLineTwice they just can't get mad at them]].

* FairForItsDay: For all its infamy, ''Coal Black'' came about out of Bob Clampett's deep love of black jazz music and was a serious effort to give work to black performers. Clampet even wanted an all-black band to perform all the music for the cartoon, but this was shot down by producer Leon Schlesinger, a man known for being notoriously cheap, who claimed that it would be too expensive (said band scored exactly one scene). That said, Clampett himself admitted that even his views on race at the time were dim and understood why later generations found it so offensive.

* VindicatedByHistory: Despite being a part of the infamous WesternAnimation/CensoredEleven and containing the kind of politically incorrect humor that it could only get away with [[ValuesDissonance at a time with such radically different values]], Coal Black And De Sebben Dwarfs is often considered to be one of the greatest cartoons ever produced, making not only Literature/The100GreatestLooneyTunes list, but The50GreatestCartoons list as well.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: It's seen as this these days. There's something to be said about ''how'' unapologetically racist the jokes are.
* FairForItsDay: For all its infamy, ''Coal Black'' came about out of Bob Clampett's deep love of Black jazz music and was a serious effort to give work to Black performers. Clampet even wanted an all-black band to perform all the music for the cartoon, but this was shot down by producer Leon Schlesinger, a man known for being notoriously cheap, who claimed that it would be too expensive (said band scored exactly one scene). That said, Clampett himself admitted that even his views on race at the time were dim and understood why later generations found it so offensive.

* OvershadowedByControversy: Any discussion of the cartoon's actual artistic merit takes second place to the ''blatant'' and offensive racial stereotypes it portrays and whether or not it still should be considered a classic in spite of it.
* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: If you can believe it, there are black fans of this cartoon (mostly cartoonists and cartoons fans who appreciate seeing ''any'' black characters in Golden Age-era cartoons, stereotypical or not). According to Bob Clampett's daughter Ruth, during an appearance at an event honoring Black filmmakers in the late 70s, the audience, which included respected animator of color Floyd Norman, responded to a screening of the short with thunderous applause (this despite Clampett apologizing for any hurt feelings before).

* ValuesDissonance: Pretty much par for the course, considering that it's a UsefulNotes/WorldWarII cartoon and has a lot of politically incorrect humor (like the "Murder Inc" truck offering to "kill midgets for half price and Japs for free"). See VindicatedByHistory below.
* VindicatedByHistory: Despite being a part of the infamous WesternAnimation/CensoredEleven and containing the kind of politically incorrect humor that not even ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' would touch (''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', maybe[[note]]but only if it was making a point about how politically incorrect old movies and TV shows can be and how even some modern stuff has values that will be or already has been considered dissonant by future generations[[/note]]), Coal Black And De Sebben Dwarfs is often considered to be one of the greatest cartoons ever produced, making not only Literature/The100GreatestLooneyTunes list, but The50GreatestCartoons list as well.

* HilariousInHindsight: Disney, the very studio being satirized in this cartoon, would end up doing [[Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog their own, significantly less controversial take on a classic fairy tale with a jazz score and predominantly Black cast]] sixty years later. A few years before it, they'd also release [[Film/{{Enchanted}} another fairy tale pastiche]] in which [[spoiler: a prince repeatedly fails to awaken a woman poisoned by an apple, but an ordinary man wakes her with just one kiss.]]

* HilariousInHindsight: Disney, the very studio being satirized in this cartoon, would end up doing [[Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog their own, significantly less controversial take on a classic fairy tale with a jazz score and predominantly Black cast]] sixty years later. A few years before it, they'd also release [[Film/{{Enchanted}} another fairy tale pastiche]] in which [[spoiler:a prince repeatedly fails to awaken a woman poisoned by an apple, but an ordinary man wakes her with just one kiss.]]

* OvershadowedByControversy: Any discussion of the cartoon's actual artistic merit takes second place to the ''blatant'' and offensive racial stereotypes it portrays.[[note]]In her video review of it, which doubles as [[TakeThat a pot-shot]] at the mentality of "post-racial" America, [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick Lindsay Ellis]] gave her opinion that the cartoon is only worth studying for its racial content because it's otherwise [[SoOkayItsAverage aggressively mediocre]].[[/note]]
* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: Yes, there are, in fact, black fans of this cartoon, mostly cartoonists and cartoons fans who appreciate seeing ''any'' black characters in Golden Age-era cartoons, stereotypical or not. According to Bob Clampett's daughter Ruth, during an appearance at an event honoring Black filmmakers in the late 70s, the audience, which included respected animator of color Floyd Norman, responded to a screening of the short with thunderous applause (this despite Clampett apologizing for any hurt feelings before).

* VindicatedByHistory: Despite being a part of the infamous WesternAnimation/CensoredEleven and containing the kind of politically incorrect humor that not even ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' would touch (''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', maybe), Coal Black And De Sebben Dwarfs is often considered to be one of the greatest cartoons ever produced, making not only Literature/The100GreatestLooneyTunes list, but The50GreatestCartoons list as well.

* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: Yes, there are, in fact, black fans of this cartoon, mostly cartoonists and cartoons fans who appreciate seeing ''any'' black characters in Golden Age-era cartoons, stereotypical or not. According to Bob Clampett's daughter Ruth, during an appearance in the 70s honoring Black filmmakers, the audience, which included respected animator of color Floyd Norman, responded to a screening of the short with thunderous applause.