"Bosko the Talk-Ink Kid"

"Bosko the Talk-Ink Kid" (short), 1929 (unreleased). An animator asks his drawing to entertain the audience.

Directed by Hugh Harman & Rudolf Ising. Starring Ising & Carman Maxwell.

Concept: 4/4 (Great)
Story: 1/4 (Bad)
Characters: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Dialog: 1/4 (Bad)
Pacing: 3/4 (Good)
Cinematography: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Special effects/design: 3/4 (Good)
Acting: 2/4 (Indifferent). Bosko's very expressive. Rudolf Ising, not so much.
Music: 3/4 (Good)
Subjective Rating: 6/10 (Okay, 2/4). It's very difficult to evaluate this. One the one hand, it's whimsical and fun and made me laugh. On the other hand, it's racist. The racism has nothing to do with what that cartoon is doing - the character just incidentally happens to be a caricature. So you can try to compartmentalize that and enjoy what would otherwise be a great cartoon. But it's still there.
Objective Rating (Average): 2.3/4 (Okay)