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I read the comix as a kid. they were one of myfavorites. when i visit my parents next time I'll look them up again.
― Erik, Tuesday, 15 April 2003 05:35 (twenty-one years ago) link
one year passes...
"the smurfs are all communists!" [cause Smurftown was a "commune" and Papa Smurf looked like Karl Marx]OMG!
Does my memory fail, or was there also a black (I mean ink-black, not of African descent) Smurf who was evil in the cartoon?
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 11:33 (nineteen years ago) link
Hmm, apparently the black Smurfd appeared in the original French comic only, not in the cartoon. Here's a quote from a messageboard:
I do remember The Black Smurfs! I read it as a little boy growing up. However, it was in French. There was a small section of my school library that had Dupuis comics (which were hardcover, so they're not really "comics"). I also seem to recall a French comic about barbarians, but it really didn't have any appeal to me (must be a cultural thing).
The Black Smurfs was eventually translated for the Smurfs TV show on NBC. Instead of being black, the Smurfs turned purple. The episode was the source of much anxiety for BBS Administrator Sassette, who remembers being transfixed to the screen in horror and amazement.
This is funny, because I never read the Smurf comics, and I clearly remember a black smurf appearing in the cartoon. Maybe they made a different version of the episode for Europeans?
Another quote from the same discussion:
However, there is an incredible sensitivity (one could argue rightly so) to anything here that would remotely appear to disparage African Americans.
To give you an example, there was once an eBay auction a friend put up, selling 2.0007 Angry Smurf (the black Smurf). My buddy received a nasty email explaining that the term "black" Smurf was unacceptable, and that the correct term was "African American". The email was an angry, vituperative rant.
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 11:46 (nineteen years ago) link
three years pass...