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short and funny
Technically, this cartoon leaves a lot to be desired. The drawings are very basic, and the animation is crude. The version I saw had also aged badly (or perhaps was poorly filmed in the first place), and I could barely make out what was written in the dialog bubbles. But in spite of that, I enjoyed this cartoon. It's a simple joke that's still relevant today--a woman does everything she can to lose weight, but in the end she's fatter than ever. Silly and simple, but with a wonderfully funny surprise moral at the end. This cartoon and others like it are available on the Library of Congress website. Be sure to check out Tom Powers' even funnier morality tale, "The Phable of a Busted Romance."
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- Mary-18
- Apr 10, 2005
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By what name was The Phable of the Phat Woman (1916) officially released in Canada in English?
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