Comments on: Fair Enough http://archives.frederatorblogs.com/refrederator/2006/07/25/fair-enough/ Sun, 27 May 2012 10:29:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Dave Kirwan http://archives.frederatorblogs.com/refrederator/2006/07/25/fair-enough/#comment-313 Dave Kirwan Wed, 26 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0000 http://archives.frederatorblogs.com/refrederator/2006/07/25/fair-enough/#comment-313 The dancing sequences ARE terrific, and I particularly like the stuff when Elmer and Mirandy finally dance together. I'm one of those people who find almost everything having to do with the 1939 World's Fair oddly poignant — everything's so optimistic (right on the brink of WW II!) The dancing sequences ARE terrific, and I particularly like the stuff when Elmer and Mirandy finally dance together. I’m one of those people who find almost everything having to do with the 1939 World’s Fair oddly poignant — everything’s so optimistic (right on the brink of WW II!)

]]> By: tom_w http://archives.frederatorblogs.com/refrederator/2006/07/25/fair-enough/#comment-312 tom_w Tue, 25 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0000 http://archives.frederatorblogs.com/refrederator/2006/07/25/fair-enough/#comment-312 I feel a slight twinge of sadness watching this (and other later Fleischer cartoons) knowing that this technical style and quality weren't going to continue into the forties. The plot of the cartoon couldn't be weaker, with neither tension nor gags, but the animation of the dancing scene is fantastic.<br /><br />The buildings of the World's Fair remind me strongly of Metropolis. I think it was also fairly daring for the background artist to use Modern and Art Deco styles so easily. I feel a slight twinge of sadness watching this (and other later Fleischer cartoons) knowing that this technical style and quality weren’t going to continue into the forties. The plot of the cartoon couldn’t be weaker, with neither tension nor gags, but the animation of the dancing scene is fantastic.

The buildings of the World’s Fair remind me strongly of Metropolis. I think it was also fairly daring for the background artist to use Modern and Art Deco styles so easily.

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