oscaralbert Review of Feather Bluster

Feather Bluster (1958)

Many Millennials have decried this brief cartoon as . . .

[6/10 · 2 May 2018]

. . . being "a phoned-in minimal effort proving that the Looney Tuners were on their last legs by the late 1950s." Perhaps ironically, the framing device for the quartet of flashbacks buried within FEATHER BLUSTER involves "Foggy," a geezer version of Foghorn Leghorn, and "Barney" (a geriatric Barnyard Dog, of course). Today's Youth will recognize this stodgy pair for the spot-on representations of Aging Baby Boomers that they are. Warner Bros.' always prophetic Animated Shorts Seers division deftly uses FEATHER BLUSTER to warn America of the disastrous 2016 USA election "choice," between "Tweedledee" and "Tweedledum," a pair of out-of-gas Boomer Windbags. Just as with the outcome of the various moments of conflict between Barnyard Dog and Foghorn Leghorn taking place within FEATHER BLUSTER, it pretty much does not matter which blah option prevails. Two years ago it was a lose-lose prospect for our beleaguered nation, just as Foghorn vs. Dumb Dog is a non-winnable proposition for their farm. In showing the offspring of these deplorable oldsters following in the footsteps of their progenitors, Warner's seers take a pessimistic view about the overall chances for America's continued survival. Countries come and go. Some, such as Atlantis, go out with a bang. But most--including Mesopotamia and Byzantium--fade away with a whimper.