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[td]: I've essentially just paraphrased [[MOS:FILM#Reception]] where is says "Caution should be exercised when using aggregator scores that combine original and later dated reviews." etc. -- [[Special:Contributions/109.76.129.112|109.76.129.112]] ([[User talk:109.76.129.112|talk]]) 22:46, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[/td] [td]::I've changed it to "Reviews of Animal Crackers have been mostly positive.", given that RT and MC both come out positive. I've also said "The film was critically praised on its release."; since four of the five contemporary examples are praise, that seems fair. [[User:Jm307|Jm307]] ([[User talk:Jm307|talk]]) 23:19, 27 June 2025 (UTC)[/td]
[td]::I've changed it to "Reviews of Animal Crackers have been mostly positive.", given that RT and MC both come out positive. I've also said "The film was critically praised on its release."; since four of the five contemporary examples are praise, that seems fair. [[User:Jm307|Jm307]] ([[User talk:Jm307|talk]]) 23:19, 27 June 2025 (UTC)[/td] [td][/td] [td]== Rights Issues ==[/td] [td][/td] [td]@[[User:SonsSecretary|SonsSecretary]] added this bit:[/td] [td][/td] [td]<nowiki>[/td] [td]These legal restrictions prevented ''Animal Crackers'' from being shown theatrically, or broadcast on television in the United States,{{sfn|Stoliar|2011|p=24}} but it could be shown in Canada, outside the restricted area. (The same situation prevailed in 1968, when stage rights forced MCA to withdraw the [[Olsen and Johnson]] comedy ''[[Hellzapoppin' (film)|Hellzapoppin']]'' from TV distribution in America, but not in Canada.) Paramount had not reissued ''Animal Crackers'' in the United States since 1949 (alongside ''[[Duck Soup (1933 film)|Duck Soup]]''),<ref>''Variety'', "Para. Clicks in N.Y. with Dualer Reissues at Art Houses as Linguals Fade", Aug. 31, 1949, p. 3.</ref><ref>''Motion Picture Daily'', Sept. 2, 1949, p. 2.</ref> and the studio reissued it internationally only twice: in Canada in 1951<ref>''Boxoffice'', Sept. 29. 1951, p. 41.</ref> and in France in 1955.<ref>Gene Moskowitz, ''Variety'', Aug. 10, 1955, p. 62.</ref>[/td] [td]</nowiki>[/td] [td][/td] [td]I have concerns about this. I'm motivated by correspondence I had with Joe Adamson, the author of ''Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Sometimes Zeppo'', who told me that the reason it was not distributed was that, in the 1950s, Kaufman had become aware of a TV airing and made an enormous fuss about it. He said that sources that said it wasn't broadcast in the US were wrong. With that in mind, I think this text should be very tight.[/td] [td][/td] [td]With that in mind, any source from 1949 is likely only saying that there was a theatrical re-issue then, not that there wasn't going to be one in the future. It's fine to use that source to say there was a re-issue in 1949 (and 1951, and 1955), but not to say that there wasn't a subsequent re-issue.[/td] [td][/td] [td]I also don't think that the comparison with Hellapoppin adds anything unless you are familiar with Hellapoppin's rights issues. As someone who wasn't, I found it a bit distracting, and would like to move it to a note.[/td] [td][/td] [td]With that in mind, I'm going to do a bit of rewording that hopefully keeps the essence of your research intact. Hope that's okay. [[User:Jm307|Jm307]] ([[User talk:Jm307|talk]]) 19:04, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[/td]
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[td]: I've essentially just paraphrased [[MOS:FILM#Reception]] where is says "Caution should be exercised when using aggregator scores that combine original and later dated reviews." etc. -- [[Special:Contributions/109.76.129.112|109.76.129.112]] ([[User talk:109.76.129.112|talk]]) 22:46, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[/td]Revision as of 19:04, 30 August 2025
[/td][td]: I've essentially just paraphrased [[MOS:FILM#Reception]] where is says "Caution should be exercised when using aggregator scores that combine original and later dated reviews." etc. -- [[Special:Contributions/109.76.129.112|109.76.129.112]] ([[User talk:109.76.129.112|talk]]) 22:46, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[/td] [td]::I've changed it to "Reviews of Animal Crackers have been mostly positive.", given that RT and MC both come out positive. I've also said "The film was critically praised on its release."; since four of the five contemporary examples are praise, that seems fair. [[User:Jm307|Jm307]] ([[User talk:Jm307|talk]]) 23:19, 27 June 2025 (UTC)[/td]
[td]::I've changed it to "Reviews of Animal Crackers have been mostly positive.", given that RT and MC both come out positive. I've also said "The film was critically praised on its release."; since four of the five contemporary examples are praise, that seems fair. [[User:Jm307|Jm307]] ([[User talk:Jm307|talk]]) 23:19, 27 June 2025 (UTC)[/td] [td][/td] [td]== Rights Issues ==[/td] [td][/td] [td]@[[User:SonsSecretary|SonsSecretary]] added this bit:[/td] [td][/td] [td]<nowiki>[/td] [td]These legal restrictions prevented ''Animal Crackers'' from being shown theatrically, or broadcast on television in the United States,{{sfn|Stoliar|2011|p=24}} but it could be shown in Canada, outside the restricted area. (The same situation prevailed in 1968, when stage rights forced MCA to withdraw the [[Olsen and Johnson]] comedy ''[[Hellzapoppin' (film)|Hellzapoppin']]'' from TV distribution in America, but not in Canada.) Paramount had not reissued ''Animal Crackers'' in the United States since 1949 (alongside ''[[Duck Soup (1933 film)|Duck Soup]]''),<ref>''Variety'', "Para. Clicks in N.Y. with Dualer Reissues at Art Houses as Linguals Fade", Aug. 31, 1949, p. 3.</ref><ref>''Motion Picture Daily'', Sept. 2, 1949, p. 2.</ref> and the studio reissued it internationally only twice: in Canada in 1951<ref>''Boxoffice'', Sept. 29. 1951, p. 41.</ref> and in France in 1955.<ref>Gene Moskowitz, ''Variety'', Aug. 10, 1955, p. 62.</ref>[/td] [td]</nowiki>[/td] [td][/td] [td]I have concerns about this. I'm motivated by correspondence I had with Joe Adamson, the author of ''Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Sometimes Zeppo'', who told me that the reason it was not distributed was that, in the 1950s, Kaufman had become aware of a TV airing and made an enormous fuss about it. He said that sources that said it wasn't broadcast in the US were wrong. With that in mind, I think this text should be very tight.[/td] [td][/td] [td]With that in mind, any source from 1949 is likely only saying that there was a theatrical re-issue then, not that there wasn't going to be one in the future. It's fine to use that source to say there was a re-issue in 1949 (and 1951, and 1955), but not to say that there wasn't a subsequent re-issue.[/td] [td][/td] [td]I also don't think that the comparison with Hellapoppin adds anything unless you are familiar with Hellapoppin's rights issues. As someone who wasn't, I found it a bit distracting, and would like to move it to a note.[/td] [td][/td] [td]With that in mind, I'm going to do a bit of rewording that hopefully keeps the essence of your research intact. Hope that's okay. [[User:Jm307|Jm307]] ([[User talk:Jm307|talk]]) 19:04, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[/td]
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