Jack Kinney did what was the closest to zany Warners sensibility at Disney's.
This entry appears to be an over the top parody of the western genre. The set up was also probably inspired by the WB cartoon SWEET SIOUX, which was released in 1937 and reissued when this cartoon was in production. It even has some of the same gags. Although Kinney uses the gags more effectively.
Typical of Native American depictions of the era, the caricatures are stereotypical and offensive. The use of the slur "injun" doesn't help. What takes the edge off, is that the Natives are all Goofy lookalikes. I can easily see this being made in later decades as a satire of the Western cliches much the same way Blazing Saddles was.
Although Kinney may have been going for that angle anyway.
If you can get past the stereotypes, this is a pretty hilarious short.
This entry appears to be an over the top parody of the western genre. The set up was also probably inspired by the WB cartoon SWEET SIOUX, which was released in 1937 and reissued when this cartoon was in production. It even has some of the same gags. Although Kinney uses the gags more effectively.
Typical of Native American depictions of the era, the caricatures are stereotypical and offensive. The use of the slur "injun" doesn't help. What takes the edge off, is that the Natives are all Goofy lookalikes. I can easily see this being made in later decades as a satire of the Western cliches much the same way Blazing Saddles was.
Although Kinney may have been going for that angle anyway.
If you can get past the stereotypes, this is a pretty hilarious short.