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King Kong is one of the best-known figures in cinema history. He and the series of films featuring him are frequently referenced in popular culture around the world.〔Erb, Cynthia, 1998, ''Tracking King Kong: A Hollywood Icon in World Culture'', Wayne State University Press, ISBN 0-8143-2686-2.〕 King Kong has achieved the stature of a pop-culture icon and modern myth.〔Jones, Preston Neal, 2002, (King Kong ), ''St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture'', St. James Press, ISBN 1-55862-405-8.〕〔Gunn, Dave, (King Kong (1933) ).〕 King Kong has inspired advertisements, cartoons, comic books, films, magazine covers, plays, poetry, political cartoons, short stories, television programmes, and other media.〔 The forms of references to King Kong range from straight copies to parodies and humorous references. == King Kong in 1930s and 1940s popular culture == The 1933 release of ''King Kong'' was an immediate hit at the box office, and had a huge impact on the popular culture of the 1930s. It was the first film to play in two of New York City’s largest theatres at the same time, and the first in the 1930s trend for horror films.〔 The combination of advanced special effects and primitivist content in the film made it popular among American and European intellectuals, especially the surrealists. Ray Bradbury remarked that when ''King Kong'' was released, “a mob of boys went quietly mad across the world, then fled into the light to become adventurers, explorers, zoo-keepers, filmmakers.”〔 There was a version of King Kong in the 1933 animated Mickey Mouse cartoon "The Pet Store" (also known as "Mickey and the Gorilla Tamer"). In the cartoon, the ape falls in love with Minnie Mouse and climbs to the top of a stack of boxes while holding her. Mickey and a group of birds, imitating the biplanes at the climax of ''King Kong'', defeat the ape.〔Glut, Donald F., 2002, ''The Frankenstein Archive: Essays on the Monster, the Myth, the Movies, and More'', McFarland & Company, ISBN 0-7864-1353-0.〕 In the 1933 animated Mickey Mouse short film, "Mickey's Mechanical Man", Mickey's invention, a robot, is engaged in a boxing match against an ape known as "Killer Kong." In 1938,〔 ''King Kong'' received its first re-release, although some shots, such as King Kong removing parts of Ann Darrow’s dress, and his chewing and stomping various extras, often in graphic close-up (via use of full-scale mechanical head and foot props), were removed because they were now considered unacceptable under the Production Code.〔〔Morton, Ray, 2005, ''King Kong: The History of a Movie Icon from Fay Wray to Peter Jackson'', Hal Leonard, ISBN 1-55783-669-8.〕 ''King Kong'' was again re-released in 1942 and 1946.〔 Despite its success, King Kong was not yet as important a part of popular culture as it would become in the future.〔 The controversial World War II Dutch resistance fighter Christiaan Lindemans – eventually arrested on suspicion of having betrayed secrets to the Nazis – was nicknamed "King Kong" due to his being exceptionally tall.〔, ()〕 Among Dutch people, the name "King Kong" is still often associated with him rather than with the fictional ape. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「King Kong in popular culture」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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