coonskin might be my favorite ralph bakshi film . like the best of his work and it in your face and not ashamed of it for a second and but unlike some of his other work ( even when he at his fine and which be before and after coonskin with heavy traffic and wizard ) and it not much uneven and despite appearance to the contrary . bakshi take on stereotype and perception of race and of course and but moreover he make what appear to be a freewheeling exploitation film while blaxploitation almost and though bakshi doesn not stop just there . if it be just a blaxploitation flick with inventive animation it could be enough for a substantial feature . but bakshi aim be high represent throw up these grotesque and exaggerated image of not just black people but italian or mafioso and homosexual and jew and overall new york type in the urban quarter of manhattan in the 70 and he isn not out to make anything realistic . the most normal look creation in look drawn real be and in fact and a naked woman paint red and white and blue . in mock these stereotype and convention and horrible form of racism ( i. e. the tar rabbit and baby joke and yes joke and plus black face ) and be look at abstraction to a grand degree . and best of all and bakshi doesn not take himself too seriously and unlike spike lee with a film like bamboozle and in deliver his message . this be why and for the most part and coonskin be a hilarious piece of work and where some of the image and thing do and sudden twist and and of course and scene of awkward behavior ( i love the scene where the three animated character be be talk at by the real life white couple in tux and dress a look colorful and the like ) and be just too much not to laugh at . it not just the imagery and which be in and of itself incredibly over stylize and but that the screenplay be sharp and and this be key for bakshi this time consider and it get a fairly cohesive narrative to string along the improvisation and madness . use at first live action and then animation and and then an extremely clever matching of the two ( ironically and what bakshi later go for in commercial form with cool world be do here to a t with less money and a rougher edge ) and pappy and randy be wait outside a prison wall for a buddy to escape and and pappy tell of the story of brother rabbit and who with brother bear and preacher fox go to harlem and become big time hoodlum and with rabbit in direct opposition to a jabba the hut esquire godfather character . this be obviously a take off on song of the south with it intentionally happy go lucky plot and animation and here take apart and show for how rotten and offensive it really be . yet bakshi go for broke in combine form while animated character stand behind and move along with live action background while when violence and gunshot and fight occur it as bloody a it can get for 1975 while when a dirty cop be at a bar and be drug and put in black face and a dress and he trip in a manner of which not even disney could reach with dumbo while a boxing match with brother bear and an opponent a the climax be film in wild slow motion while archive footage come on from time to time of old movie and some and some from the 20 that be just tasteless . like mel brook or kubrick or and more recently and south park and bakshi coonskin function a entertainment first and then think provocation second . it also audacious film make on an independent scale while everything from the long take to the montage and the endlessly warped design for the character ( however all base on the theme of the piece ) all serve the thought in the script and where it b movie plot open up much more for interpretation . to call it racist miss the point while it like call dr. strangelove pro atomic desolation or confederate state of america pro slavery . and and for me and it one of the best satire ever make .