Short film

Spies

1943 · 4 min

A snappy, rhyming wartime cartoon that turns loose lips into a gleefully grim cautionary joke, ending in a fiery punchline.

Overview: The doltish but self-confident and self-congratulatory Private Snafu is in possession of a military secret during World War II. Over the course of the day, spouting rhymed couplets, he divulges the secret a little at a time to listening Axis spies. He tells his mom some of the secret when he calls her from a phone booth; the rest he spills to a dolly dolly spy who plies him with liquor. Snafu's loose lips put himself at risk.
How it feels: Satirical, absurd, light and dark. Brisk and easy to follow.
About: War, deception, betrayal, morality
Content: Mild violence and sexual content. No gore or swearing.
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Tone: satiricalstrength 3 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: war
deception
betrayal
morality
death
Places: None
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: animated
musical
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild