Betty Boop's Big Boss (1933)

★★★★★ · Why Is the Army Marching to "Jesus Loves the Little Children"? · Christine Hennig · 2005-05-10

ItÃÂÃÂs the height of the Depression, so when Betty Boop sees a ÃÂÃÂGirl WantedÃÂÃÂ sign, she comes on hard to the boss in order to get the job. After she gets hired, the boss comes on hard to her, but before you can say ÃÂÃÂsexual harassment,ÃÂÃÂ sheÃÂÃÂs called out not only every cop in town, but the army and navy, too. This is a wonderfully weird and silly Betty, with anthropomorphic inanimate objects aplenty, and side jokes that you almost miss, such as the cops who are determined to arrest the boss for bad acting. Great fun. Ratings: Camp/Humor Value: *****. Weirdness: *****. Historical…

★★★★ · A quick education for the ignorant · Pandarsson · 2008-01-01

No, it wasn't made for kids any more than the Three Stooges or any other short subject stars were. It was made for adult movie goers to view before the feature film. This is why Betty Boop (at least before the Hayes Act) was always (not just in this cartoon) sexy, a middle-aged sailor named Popeye smoked, drank and got into fights, and the Three Stooges did all sorts of ill-advised things and beat each other up pretty regularly. Yes, some cartoons (especially those made by Disney) were aimed at kids or were at least kid-friendly, but many animated shorts were shown before films made for…