Popeye is competing with a bushy-haired husky, twice his size, in an amateur orchestra contest. It looks like bells for the iron-muscled sailor until he downs his can of grass.
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Is it worth your time? If you have seven minutes and a weird craving for 1930s animation chaos, sure. It’s for the folks who like their cartoons to feel like a mild physical assault. If you prefer your animation to have, you know, narrative structure or actual logic, you’re probably going to hate this. The whole thing...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Dave Fleischer
Henry Edwards
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"Is it worth your time? If you have seven minutes and a weird craving for 1930s animation chaos, sure. It’s for the folks who like their cartoons to feel like a mild physical assault. If you prefer your animation to have, you know, narrative structure or actual logic, you’re probably going to hate this. The whole thing is basically one long, loud argument between an orchestra pit and a can of spinach. Popeye isn’t exactly known for his delicate touch on the violin, but here he’s trying to keep a..."
