This is a short produced by Aardman Animations, with a bit more pathos than the other shorts the studio is known for, though there is a dark humor interspersed throughout the short, particularly one bit towards the end, one that will induce a chuckle that's more like a gasp with a small bubble of blood at the end.
The short has the feel of the old melodramas to it, which is understandable, given that the setting is a theater and the plot revolves around an old-time vaudeville act, a dog juggling act which has seen better days (an aside-in vaudeville, the "dog act" was typically placed at the end of the show, in order to clear out the audience in preparation for the next performance). What follows next may be a mild spoiler: There's a charm to this short that I can't really explain. It's an old story-the shy, timid fellow, his girl and the bully who wants the girl and hates the timid fellow. But it also shows that you never know what you're capable of until your back is up against the wall and even the most beaten-down of us has some spark if pushed far enough, as happens here.
This short is included on the recent DVD release of Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, as a DVD extra and is well worth watching. Recommended.
The short has the feel of the old melodramas to it, which is understandable, given that the setting is a theater and the plot revolves around an old-time vaudeville act, a dog juggling act which has seen better days (an aside-in vaudeville, the "dog act" was typically placed at the end of the show, in order to clear out the audience in preparation for the next performance). What follows next may be a mild spoiler: There's a charm to this short that I can't really explain. It's an old story-the shy, timid fellow, his girl and the bully who wants the girl and hates the timid fellow. But it also shows that you never know what you're capable of until your back is up against the wall and even the most beaten-down of us has some spark if pushed far enough, as happens here.
This short is included on the recent DVD release of Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, as a DVD extra and is well worth watching. Recommended.