One of the best OUR GANG shorts of the late thirties, RUSHIN' BALLET is amusing, original and sometimes thrilling. I won't go into plot details here - if you've seen it, you know them; if you haven't, hearing these things described too much beforehand always diminishes them a bit. I will say that this is one of those concise stories for which the ten-minute format works terrifically. It moves quickly, but despite its title never feels rushed, and it lacks nothing.
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Rushin' Ballet is another winner in the Our Gang series
tavm28 December 2014
This Hal Roach comedy short, Rushin' Ballet, is the one hundred fifty-fifth entry in the "Our Gang/Little Rascals" series and sixty-seventh talkie. Porky and Buckwheat are playing marbles when Butch and The Woim interrupt them, pelt them with tomatoes, and forcefully take their place. So the two little tykes go to the Sekret Revengers Club where Spanky and Alfalfa agree to take their case and try to take their marbles back. Alf confronts the bullies but gets cold feet when getting threatened. So Spank makes his own plans involving a ballet recital nearby. I'll stop there and just say this was a very funny outing for the gang from beginning to end. Especially satisfying is how it all ends. So on that note, I highly recommend Rushin' Ballet.
This live-action short endeavors to teach viewers . . .
pixrox15 May 2018
Warning: Spoilers
. . . how to react when the Bully Boys attack We Little People. RUSHIN' BALLET has only become a more apt title for a brief Civics lesson since this piece was first released in the 1930s. History's most notorious thug already had risen to power by then in Germany, and spent years dancing with the "Russian Bear" in a joint quest for World Domination. Whether you call this a 'RUSHIN'" or "RUSSIAN" BALLET, the Rubicon was double-crossed, not unlike "Butch" and Woim" suiting up for reverse pirouettes against the "Our Gang" heroes. But the Little Rascals triumphantly lob tomatoes into the face of Evil, not unlike how the Cossacks and Tartars decimated the presumptuous Germans through their continuous bombardment during "The Siege of Stalingrad." Just as "Spanky" and "Porky" assume bullying roles in many other Our Gang episodes when the Woim's back is turned, Stalin was only too happy to resume his Russian Stomp Dance variations of his RUSHIN' BALLET version at the close of World War Two. Now in our Modern 21st Century America Herself has fallen under the sway of a RUSHIN' BALLET. Hopefully someone has a big supply of rotten tomatoes.
Decent.
planktonrules26 January 2012
This episode of Our Gang begins with Porky and Buckwheat getting beaten up and their marbles stolen by Butch and his toady. So, the Porkster and Buckwheat go to 'The Revengers'--an organization where Alfalfa and Spanky promise satisfaction. However, being that the bullies are a lot bigger than Alfalfa and Spanky, once they pelt them with tomatoes, they run away--and right into the middle of a ballet recital. Alfalfa and Spanky dress up like the girls and end up being confused for members of the dance class--and it's up to them to try to fake their way through it.
This is a fair short--about average for the later Our Gang comedies. In other words, it's worth seeing but not among the best overall (since the earlier talking films of the series were better in my opinion). It has a few funny moments but nothing is all that memorable...other than seeing the boys in drag.
This is a fair short--about average for the later Our Gang comedies. In other words, it's worth seeing but not among the best overall (since the earlier talking films of the series were better in my opinion). It has a few funny moments but nothing is all that memorable...other than seeing the boys in drag.
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