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Sito, Tom. Drawing The Line: The Untold Story Of The Animation Unions from Bosko to Bart Simpson.

Publication: Intertexts
Publication Date: 22-SEP-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Sito, Tom. Drawing The Line: The Untold Story Of The Animation Unions from Bosko to Bart Simpson.(Book review)

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Sito, Tom. Drawing The Line: The Untold Story Of The Animation Unions from Bosko to Bart Simpson. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 2006. xiv + 425pp.

As a survey, Sito admits that this is merely the beginning of serious study of the history of the animation labor movement, but that isn't the true purpose of this engrossing book. Readers prepared to peek behind the flickering screen will get much of what they desire here; there are enough tales of sadness, frustration and despair to satisfy anyone's sense of schadenfreude. The audience is clearly meant to be those who work or want to work in animation. Drawing The Line reads as if Sito were sitting next to you, spinning tales until you look at your watch and realize it's nearly morning.

As in union struggles in other industries, a belief in the benevolence of the wealthy has been the psychological barrier to union organization in animation. A concerted effort to paper over the history of unions in this country has made this...

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