Crayola Monologues

http://www.nathangibbs.com/crayola-monologues/

Crayola Monologues (2003) uses the crayon as a human metaphor for exploring color and identity in the United States. This animated video features crayons expressing how color hierarchies have shaped their lives. These crayons live in a world much like our own, complete with prejudice, class boundaries, social hierarchies and those who fall between the lines. Crayola Monologues also reveals the politics behind Crayola label changes, and gives a voice to the previously unheard perspective of crayons. Created by Nathan Gibbs

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• crayola
• crayons
• monologue
• race
• culture
• prejudice
• class
• hierarchy
• identity
• nathangibbs

[luvscookies999]

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[ClassicTVMan1981X]

Seven of the original eight fluorescent crayon colors introduced in 1972 were given new names for 1990. Only Hot Magenta's name remained intact.

The original names: Ultra Red, Ultra Orange, Ultra Yellow, Chartreuse, Ultra Green, Ultra Blue and Ultra Pink.

The new respective names: Wild Watermelon, Outrageous Orange, Atomic Tangerine, Laser Lemon, Screamin' Green, Blizzard Blue and Shocking Pink.

[variente]

Excellent. Poor Flesh. The color is actually much older than you have there. It goes back to their origins in 1903, called Flesh Tint. At one point they even named it "Pink Beige" but switched back to Flesh. Everyone misses the point of Flesh too. Think of the color as the color of the palms of your hands, not the pigment of your skin. Every race on the planet has the same color palms...flesh!

[TheYellowrays]

AMAZING!!!!!!

[MulticolorBriNicole]

LOL Nicee

[Ashleylovesyou97]

YESSS,

PRUSSIA WINS ALL

MY NEW FAVORITE COLOR.

[hawks951]

@TigerNJ HURR DURR

[TigerNJ]

isnt funny how almost every color that got renamed was because of SKIN COLOR aka RACIS

[RedneckResponder]

I would build cities and paint everything grey, CB people would be banished to these cities, where they would never again have to worry about the carpet matching the throw pillow or wearing a red shirt with green pants and a blue belt. And all crayons would shades of grey.

[manda112388]

@RedneckResponder how would you avoid this?