Talk:Black Beauty
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Disambiguation needed: "Black Beauty" is the primary title of a Miles Davis live record from 1970.
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[edit] Banned
- It has been banned from certain places, probably for personifying an animal, which is against certain religions and beliefs.
Please say where it was banned from, and by whom; and which religions or beliefs it violated. Then put the "it has been banned" sentence back into the article. --Uncle Ed 16:03, 2 Jun 2004 (UTC)
- Even though it regularly gets on to banned books listings, it looks a trifle apocryphal. Many sources, including US university department sites, preface the usual claim - that it was banned because of the title in 1955 in South Africa - with "reportedly" . When a Times correspondent mentioned this story in 1961 (White Women In South Africa, The Times, Monday, Feb 20, 1961; pg. 13) it was soon followed by a retraction (The Times, Monday, Mar 06, 1961; pg. 8;) "This is not correct" (even so, the Times Diary opinion column repeated the story in 1968 and 1972). Tearlach 04:35, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] "banned in the USA"
In all of the USA? Or in some states at some times? Anthony Appleyard 05:37, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Film split
Disagree with proposal to split article. Unless the material is lengthy enough to warrant a split, it is more helpful to see it all in one article. -- Stbalbach 00:17, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
- I agree. PrinceCharming 13:00, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Animated Black Beauty?
Wasn't there an animated film of Black Beauty? I remember watching it as a child. Mizi 01:31, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
- There have been at least two animated adaptations, and probably more. 81.158.3.105 03:47, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
Its a great book!
[edit] Television series
LWT (London Weekend Television) produced a series, "The Adventures of Black Beauty" in 1972. It was one of the great television series loved by adults and children alike. Best of all was its theme music, in my view the best theme music of any television show in history. The music has entered the consciousness of generations, with it played automatically for any images involving horses on British or Irish television. An amazing book, turned into an amazing television series, with an extraordinary theme music - quite a combination. FearÉIREANN
\(caint) 20:33, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Blinders
In Chapter 10, A Talk in the Orchard, Black Beauty asks his companion horses "Can any one tell me the use of blinkers (blinders)?" and an excellent discussion occupies the last two pages of the chapter. At the time that I recently reread this book, I had been working on my own family history which included my grandmother being severely injured, before the days of automobiles, by her horses and wagon (including her) overturning at night due to missing the corner. That is, they went off the edge of the road in the dark when the horses turned too late at the corner. I questioned how that could happen when horses can see so well at night (as I knew from growing up on a farm). I believe that Anna Sewell provides the answer, namely, that horses do have good night vision but "that many an accident would never have happened if horses had had the full use of their eyes." The blinders do not obstruct horses' vision straight ahead, but still their vision IS interfered with -- why do we humans take this risk of causing such accidents (if we still do)? I should add that in my childhood in Minnesota our bridles did have blinders on them; perhaps no workhorse bridles were available without blinders. Black Beauty is set in England just prior to 1877 with blinders used on workhorses but not "on riding horses, especially on ladies' horses." The author further states that in some foreign countries all colts are broken in without blinkers. The web seems to have blinders on, on this topic: I did not find information about current usage of blinders around the world for workhorses or riding horses. Anyway, I feel that Anna Sewell answered my question -- she tells about a very similar accident. For7thGen (talk) 21:29, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
