Anti-Semiticism, Racism, Communism: Everything You Didn't Know About the Smurfs And Were Afraid to Ask (VIDEO)
source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/jun/06/smurfs-accused-antisemitism-racism
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A new book Le petit livre bleu (The little blue book) claims that the Smurfs, those sarsaparailla-eating little blue denizens of Smurf village who talk about smurfing this and smurfing that, are anti-Semitic and racist. This, on top of earlier claims that, due to their living in a cooperative-like environment where everybody contributes to Smurf society, the Smurfs are communists, "Small Men Under Red Force," as one American critic says.
The author of the book, Antoine Buéno, a lecturer at Sciences Po university in Paris, says in the Guardian that he's been surprised at the "hyper violent" reaction to his claims among Smurf fans, some of whom have said he has "paranoid delusions" and is a "dream breaker." Some more unhappy Smurf devotee critique via the Telegraph:
"What a disgrace to soil the legends of our childhood," wrote Bibouille on the "Schtroumpfmania" website.
Another, called Anastasia wrote: "It's not hard to find anti-Semitism in Shakespeare or Balzac." The author's arguments spring "from his own obsessions ... the hooked nose of a wizard is neither Jewish nor Goy, it's a traditional for wizards," she wrote.
Buéno has indeed said he has "feared for his physical safety and insisted he meant no harm," according to the Telegraph.
So what's causing the big smurf-roar?
Belgian artist Peyo, whose real name was Thierry Culliford, created the Smurfs in 1958. Since their original appearance in comics, there have been animated films, a TV series, all manner of merchandise, theme parks, video games, an Ice Capades show; Sony is to release the first of three live-action/computer generated Smurf films on July 29. Buéno's critique starts with Peyo's very first work which was title The Black Smurfs in French and retitled The Purple Smurfs in English on the grounds of political correctness:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/jun/06/smurfs-accused-antisemitism-racism
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwJKTzq_XPg&feature=player_embedded
The author of the book, Antoine Buéno, a lecturer at Sciences Po university in Paris, says in the Guardian that he's been surprised at the "hyper violent" reaction to his claims among Smurf fans, some of whom have said he has "paranoid delusions" and is a "dream breaker." Some more unhappy Smurf devotee critique via the Telegraph:
"What a disgrace to soil the legends of our childhood," wrote Bibouille on the "Schtroumpfmania" website.
Another, called Anastasia wrote: "It's not hard to find anti-Semitism in Shakespeare or Balzac." The author's arguments spring "from his own obsessions ... the hooked nose of a wizard is neither Jewish nor Goy, it's a traditional for wizards," she wrote.
Buéno has indeed said he has "feared for his physical safety and insisted he meant no harm," according to the Telegraph.
So what's causing the big smurf-roar?
Belgian artist Peyo, whose real name was Thierry Culliford, created the Smurfs in 1958. Since their original appearance in comics, there have been animated films, a TV series, all manner of merchandise, theme parks, video games, an Ice Capades show; Sony is to release the first of three live-action/computer generated Smurf films on July 29. Buéno's critique starts with Peyo's very first work which was title The Black Smurfs in French and retitled The Purple Smurfs in English on the grounds of political correctness:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/jun/06/smurfs-accused-antisemitism-racism
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwJKTzq_XPg&feature=player_embedded
