tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589696115267272664.post8404492189656443587..comments2024-03-06T00:01:06.897-08:00Comments on Likely Looney, Mostly Merrie: 100. Buddy's Theatre (1935)Steven Hartleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13825398324719609394noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589696115267272664.post-69985877270097070612018-09-04T23:35:46.247-07:002018-09-04T23:35:46.247-07:00This is a fun little short to me. Buddy's int...This is a fun little short to me. Buddy's inter-acting with his "obsession", Cookie, predates films like Woody Allen's "PURPLE ROSE OF KAIRO" where the lead character inter-acts with the film onscreen. Even at the cartoon's opening sequence, Buddy throws a kiss to the movie poster of Cookie, saying "that's for you", and we hear the crowd cheering and Buddy says "...and that's for you, too". It is true that the "it's stupendous...it's colossal...it's even mediocre" is a bit borrowed from the many times that Hugh Harman used the same lines. Harman would even take the line to MGM where you hear this from the circus barker in the frenetic and harrowing BOSKO cartoon, "CIRCUS DAZE". But, perhaps the "other lump" under the fallen fabric of the movie screen isn't a mistake, but mere movie fantasy turning back to reality as Buddy realizes again that he is the only one lying there under the crumpled screen as the cartoon comes to an end. The film within a film, "CHINCHILLA" is an obvious spoof of "KING KONG" with the gorilla there to terrorize, but this is where the dream sequence and reality blur as Buddy takes charge to "save the day". This is a charming little short, even if it does borrow from other sources. Love teh opening sequence as we see the people filing into the theater...and even managing to "sneak" in as represented by the lady who sneaks in her very short husband.Kevin Wollenweberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08458065257912587522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589696115267272664.post-82701259722228559342012-02-02T21:20:55.300-08:002012-02-02T21:20:55.300-08:00Look frame-by-frame at the animation of the closin...Look frame-by-frame at the animation of the closing scene. When Buddy tears into the screen and it falls to the ground, two human-shaped lumps are visible wiggling around underneath: we can presume one is Buddy and the other Cookie.<br />But in the context of the story, Cookie isn't really present; she was just a two-dimensional character on the movie screen. So how can she be under the screen as a three-dimensional figure?<br />The animators seem to have realized a little late: she can't! So after a second of squirming, the Cookie-figure under the fallen screen simply "melts" down to nothing, and only Buddy emerges into view. Way to hide a logic flaw, WB.ramapithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01751343744514656549noreply@blogger.com