llltdesq Review of The Poet & Peasant

The Poet & Peasant (1945)

The first of a series called Musical Miniatures produced by Walter Lantz

[8/10 · 6 December 2001]

This short was nominated for an Academy Award and marked the launching of a new series that replaced the previous Swing Symphonies series, which was called Musical Miniatures. It's an Andy Panda short and essentially, this is The Band Concert redone and it does not compare to the Disney short, though it is reasonably good in it's own right. Andy Panda is an incredibly bland character with limited scope. The story has to be engaging or the short falls flat. The Poet and Peasant is entertaining but nothing special. Worth watching.