Various characters jump off the covers to magazines to sing and dance..

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Is this worth your ten minutes? Honestly, only if you have a thing for pre-code animation or want to see what people thought was high-tech entertainment back when the world was basically black and white. If you hate repetitive musical numbers or characters that look like they might have been sketched during a fever, sk...

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"Is this worth your ten minutes? Honestly, only if you have a thing for pre-code animation or want to see what people thought was high-tech entertainment back when the world was basically black and white. If you hate repetitive musical numbers or characters that look like they might have been sketched during a fever, skip it. Everyone else? You’ll probably be mesmerized by how weirdly fluid it all is. The whole premise is just magazine covers coming to life. It’s exactly as literal as it sounds...."


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