A group of Indians are dancing in boogie-woogie style. Immediately comes the rain but the Indians are still singing.A group of Indians are dancing in boogie-woogie style. Immediately comes the rain but the Indians are still singing.A group of Indians are dancing in boogie-woogie style. Immediately comes the rain but the Indians are still singing.
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Carl Grayson
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Dick Nelson
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The Swing Symphony series was an interesting if inconsistent series of cartoons. Tending to have in common great animation and even greater music but also tending to be virtually plotless and with the characters and writing varying. Its best cartoons are very good and its lesser ones are still quite watchable, none are inherently bad. A good deal of Walter Lantz's work ranges between well worth watching and must sees, even if some theatrical series are better than others.
'Boogie Woogie Sioux' is not one of the best Swing Symphony cartoons by all means, others have more originality and more consistent energy. It is though an entertaining and extremely well animated and scored cartoon, and shouldn't be overlooked. Sure there is some less than subtle stereotyping, but not enough to completely ruin the cartoon and there has been a lot worse in animation. Certainly not anything that was intended to offend.
Like almost all the Swing Symphony cartoons, the story is very slight to the point of being non-existent (being pretty much a series of gags). It takes a little while to get going and there is not much original here.
Having said all this, 'Boogie Woogie Sioux' has a lot of good things. The best thing about it of course is the music, which is indeed outstanding. Lush and lively with creative arrangements and exuberantly performed all round. The animation also impresses, the colours are vibrant and the attention to detail is rich with nothing stiff or static.
Gags are plenty and while none of them are hilarious they are all very amusing and a lot more inspired than expected, the use of sound effects surprising and fun. The energy level once the cartoon gets going is very high and the characters are a lively lot, the stereotyping sticks out a bit but compared to other cartoons there is not much that is that distasteful.
In summation, not great but worth watching. 7/10.
'Boogie Woogie Sioux' is not one of the best Swing Symphony cartoons by all means, others have more originality and more consistent energy. It is though an entertaining and extremely well animated and scored cartoon, and shouldn't be overlooked. Sure there is some less than subtle stereotyping, but not enough to completely ruin the cartoon and there has been a lot worse in animation. Certainly not anything that was intended to offend.
Like almost all the Swing Symphony cartoons, the story is very slight to the point of being non-existent (being pretty much a series of gags). It takes a little while to get going and there is not much original here.
Having said all this, 'Boogie Woogie Sioux' has a lot of good things. The best thing about it of course is the music, which is indeed outstanding. Lush and lively with creative arrangements and exuberantly performed all round. The animation also impresses, the colours are vibrant and the attention to detail is rich with nothing stiff or static.
Gags are plenty and while none of them are hilarious they are all very amusing and a lot more inspired than expected, the use of sound effects surprising and fun. The energy level once the cartoon gets going is very high and the characters are a lively lot, the stereotyping sticks out a bit but compared to other cartoons there is not much that is that distasteful.
In summation, not great but worth watching. 7/10.
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- TheLittleSongbird
- Mar 28, 2022
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- Runtime7 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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