Mickey Mouse is the most famous cartoon character of all time, since 1928 he has starred in multiple cartoons and apparently in 1968 he also starred in a Propaganda Cartoon against the Vietnam War.
This short was lost for decades, until it was discovered and uploaded to YouTube, and boy is it grim...
The short is about Mickey seeing a sign that says "Join the Army" Mickey without expression enlists and when he goes by ship to Vietnam he ends up being killed by a sniper and when he falls to the ground we see him die while blood drips from his head, that makes him called propaganda?, the truth this must have been chilling in its time and even, 5 decades later, it is still disturbing to see how Mickey dies.
The Animation is not great, it is quite simple and not very fluid, do not expect to see the incredible backgrounds and fluid Animation that existed in the 40s, here we are simply facing empty backgrounds and simple animation, do not expect color either, this is White and Black.
The truth was an attempt at Scary Propaganda, seeing an iconic character die in that way is Rough, although the historical value makes this interesting to Criticize.
In itself, This propaganda is not the best, its message is sudden and too ruthless, it could be implemented in a better way but that Ending with Mickey Dying makes this more interesting than it already is.
Being a short duration footage I can not comment more.
For everything I said above, This Footage Gets a 6.
This short was lost for decades, until it was discovered and uploaded to YouTube, and boy is it grim...
The short is about Mickey seeing a sign that says "Join the Army" Mickey without expression enlists and when he goes by ship to Vietnam he ends up being killed by a sniper and when he falls to the ground we see him die while blood drips from his head, that makes him called propaganda?, the truth this must have been chilling in its time and even, 5 decades later, it is still disturbing to see how Mickey dies.
The Animation is not great, it is quite simple and not very fluid, do not expect to see the incredible backgrounds and fluid Animation that existed in the 40s, here we are simply facing empty backgrounds and simple animation, do not expect color either, this is White and Black.
The truth was an attempt at Scary Propaganda, seeing an iconic character die in that way is Rough, although the historical value makes this interesting to Criticize.
In itself, This propaganda is not the best, its message is sudden and too ruthless, it could be implemented in a better way but that Ending with Mickey Dying makes this more interesting than it already is.
Being a short duration footage I can not comment more.
For everything I said above, This Footage Gets a 6.