This article is about the character from "El Terrible Toreador". For the "Lilo & Stitch" character, see Carmen.
Carmen[1], also known as Carmencita[2] is a character featured in the 1929 Silly Symphony short El Terrible Toreador.
Background[]
Personality[]
Carmen serves as a barmaid who works at a Spanish cantina. In spite of her duty as a barmaid, men would be attracted to her to make Carmen become their interest. In addition to her duty as a barmaid, she occasionally dances in the bar to impress customers like Don José. When Escamillo arrived, Carmen ended up hating Don José, making him her rival as she ended up loving Escamillo more than José. She also supports Escamillo during his battle against the bull by throwing him a bouquet of flowers to impress her love interest.
Role in the short[]
Carmen is first seen holding a tray with a mug of beer while walking across a cantina and dancing to the music "Habanera", where she approaches Don José whom she tries to attract his attention. José then gives Carmen a cent for the beer she gave to him. She later dances in front of José to impress him, which he feels satisfied, just as he gives her another cent - though it falls into a pot instead. Later, a toreador named "Escamillo" approaches Carmen who is arguing with José, which Escamillo intervenes, putting José as a hated rival. Escamillo then becomes Carmen's love interest, making her feel happy and attracted to him.
Later during a bullfighting match, Carmen watches Escamillo fight against a bull during a battle where she cheers on her love interest in a seat reserved for her, much to José feeling jealous. During the event, Escamillo interacts with the bull during a fight between them during a comic fight, impressing Carmen who holds a bouquet of flowers at him while Don José sprinkles some pepper on the bouquet before Carmen tosses them at Escamillo, causing the bull to have a sneezing fit leading to Escamillo's victory in finishing off the bull, impressing Carmen again.
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Trivia[]
- Carmen's name is not mentioned in the short and was only revealed in production material; her name was only referred to as "Carmencita" in a seat reserved for her as indicated by a banner containing her name.