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2023-07-29 09:20:50 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: D929B80B5FF339ADA3FC081819C60FFEC537198A452CBFF5D2E3B5BEDA8D1982
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The claim the Fleischer Studios character Betty Boop was based solely on a Black child performer named Esther Jones has been debunked. The confusion over Boop's origin stems from a 1932 court case (Fleischer vs. Kane) and a 2015 PBS story. https://www.pbs.org/publiceditor/blogs/pbs-public-editor/betty-oops/ https://www.cartoonbrew.com/classic/pbs-admits-that-it-published-fake-history-of-betty-boops-creation-208635.html https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/pbs-confesses-to-publishing-false-history-facts-about-betty-boop.html/ https://www.history.com/news/the-people-v-betty-boop https://welcome2thebronx.com/2016/03/02/bronx-woman-helen-kane-was-inspiration-for-betty-boop/ https://mashable.com/archive/real-betty-boop
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