A Jolly Good Furlough (1943)
Popeye is doing a great job of sinking Japanese ships (complete with toilet-flush sound effect). A carrier pigeon brings him notice that he's been granted a month furlough, which he plans to spend with Olive and his nephews. But on arrival, he's run over by Olive, who immediately leaves him alone with his nephews, who are practicing home defense.
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Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.
It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,
Popeye discovers it's more relaxing fighting WWII than being home with his nephews. That twisted message should tell you something about this lame Popeye effort.The poor sailor is anxious to see Olive and the little ones, but all they do is run over him (Olive, with a car) and torment him (the kids, with their Home Defense Program tests - with Popeye as the victim.)Generally, the artwork was poor and the jokes lame. I miss the days when the Fleischer Brothers did these cartoons; they were far better. Popeye even gets a little mean-spirited at the end, when he shoots the messenger. No wonder a popular expression over the last half century is, "Hey, I'm only the messenger."
I've been watching propaganda movies recently. I don't think we appreciate the government influence on the industry, and its easiest to see here.In this case, the message seems to be that GIs can be relatively happy away compared to home.The story is that Popeye comes home to his girlfriend and family and finds them a hassle, so much so that he runs back to the front and shoots at the messenger that brings further leave. You can almost see the memo about what it was supposed to illustrate.Ted's Evaluation -- 1 of 3: You can find something better to do with this part of your life.
This cartoon with Popeye the Sailor is another cartoon made when the United States were in a war with Japan. It is a racist cartoon, but you can not really judge it that way since it was made back then. Even today people make fun of people when they are in war with them.Popeye is fighting the war against the Japanese but he gets a furlough. When he gets home all he wants to do is rest a little but that seems impossible. First Olive hits him a couple of times with the car and then his nephews show him their own "Home Defense Program". They show him and also test it on him making sure he will not rest very much.The racist part is in the middle where the nephews ask Popeye whether he killed some Japanese people (Japs). The nephews impersonate the Japanese in a racist way, but I have to say it is also a very funny part. Other parts are pretty nice as well since Popeye is the biggest victim here. This time spinach can not save him. Entertaining enough.
Popeye is fighting against the Japanese enemy when he gets a couple of weeks off to see his family. He decides to visit his 4 nephews, who began a 'home defence' program on their own. They decide to try it on Popeye himself so he gets slapped around, beaten and kicked by his nephews so hard, he decided to go back to the ocean to fight the Japanese again. Anything's better than this bunch!This short propaganda film isn't as racist or offensive as others, except for the moment Popeye's nephews ask him: 'Did you kill any Japs, uncle Popeye?' and he answers: 'yes, we're all doing our duty!'.But mostly it's just slapstick-comedy, quite entertaining I must say: 7/10.