Out of the Inkwell
A surreal, high-energy cartoon short that celebrates the anarchic visual playfulness of early animation while indulging in period-typical racist caricature.
In a tribute to the Fleischer brothers shorts of the '20s, a janitor hypnotizes Max Fleischer's pen to draw Betty Boop.
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