oscaralbert Review of Good Noose

Good Noose (1962)

Our buddies at the always eponymous Warner Bros. . . .

[7/10 · 27 September 2018]

. . . warn We Americans of (The Then) Far Future about a future crackpot despot Hell Bent upon destroying American Freedom, the Yankee Spirit, and everything for which the USA stands during GOOD NOOSE. Warner's Cassandra-like prognosticators of doom set their GOOD NOOSE warning allegory within the confines of a literal Ship of State. A "Captain Bligh"-like figure serves as their more than apt stand-in for America's present Orange-Haired Buffoon, the lamentable Game-Show-Host-in-Chief. Like his Real Life counterpart, this Human Race Reject is easily distracted, allowing "illegal immigrant" (that is, "stowaway" Daffy) to divert his wrath (for a time) with "magic tricks." However, egged on by his deplorable "base" (in this case, a parrot named "Mr. Tristan"), the bloated blowhard "leader" eventually begins to carry out his threat to hang Daffy. Faced with this ultimate threat, Civil War breaks out, resulting in the complete and catastrophic loss of America's Ship of State!