Very well executed

Strictly average movie

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

. . . We Americans of (The Then) Far Future of Our Time of Tribulations under the Putin\Rump Administration. Warner's always prophetic Animated Shorts Seers unit (aka, The Looney Tuners) picture Red Commie KGB Chief Vlad "The Mad Russian" Putin as a not-so-ferocious mangy lion sporting dentures throughout INKI AND THE MINAH BIRD. The short would-be hunter Inki serves as Warner's stand-in for Putin's White House Sock Puppet Don Juan Rump, of course. The strange Bromance between Vlad and Don Juan is best illustrated from about 4:20 to 4:40 of this cartoon, when the pair are first shown hugging, followed up by Inki climbing into the lion's mouth. Inki emerges from this cozy position wearing the lion's dentures, which is Warner's shorthand way of conveying the idea that Rump is merely Putin's mouthpiece. Stalking this pair of Evil Doers throughout the story is the Minah Bird, none other than our fearless Special Counsel Bob Mueller. Warner includes several scenes in which this trio disappears into Cyclonic Blur of Whirlwinds, denoting God's Punishment (through Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Jose) for the hypocritical White Holy Rollers (who, according to a 9/7/17 USA TODAY analysis, are in the third stage of mourning--i.e., bargaining--on the Kubler Ross Scale, meaning that they've all signed on the dotted line with Satan by voting for and stubbornly continuing to support the despicable Putin\Rump Administration, as that Team of Demons does its best to destroy what's left of the American Empire), and the necessity when Mueller emerges with the Whole Truth (as the Minah Bird winds up this cartoon wearing the lion's dentures) of appeasing God by publicly giving ALL the Highly Treasonous Quisling Traitors their well-earned Joan of Arc-Style Roasting!

HITTING THE APPROACH from what could be described as a different angle, this cartoon short subject is as mysterious and even bizarre as any one reeler could be. Introducing us to this new character, young Black Native boy, Inki, the production team hits the ground running. Or rather we should say walking; as the pace is noticeably slower than a more typical LOONIE TUNES/MERRIE MELODIES bot of output.THERE IS SORT of triangle of competition established between little Inki, an over-aged male Lion with dentures and this surreal minah bird. Whenever there is some fast-paced action sequence pitting the little man vs. the king of beasts, the slow and deliberately easy paced minah intervenes passively; his moving through each scene, keeping cadence to the 'tune' of Felix Mendelsohn's THE HEBRDIES (aka FGINGAL'S CAVE Overture).THERE SEEMS TO have been some blacklisting of this cartoon because of the caricature of Inki as being stereotyped and not acceptable in this modern era of ours. This we believe is the bunk.THE CHARACTER DESIGN of the little hunter is a fine example of the merging of some great character traits. True, this little native boy is inept with his hunting; but, that is an expected flaw in the young and inexperienced, regardless of whatever the ethnicity, race or national origin.WE VIEW THE design and handling of the character as innocent fun; that has not even the most remote bit of bigotry in its inception. Inki is a dark skinned little cherub, with all the foibles of the young and inexperienced.

Inki and the Minah Bird (1943) ** (out of 4) Another Warner cartoon that won't be seeing a legit DVD release anytime soon due to the racial nature of the title character Inki. Inki, a black girl, and her pet bird go out into the jungle where they run into a lion who wants to eat them. I think this one here falls into the category of being convicted for no reason in a politically correct world. There's really nothing too offensive here but I'm sure that's not going to keep warning from giving this an official release. It's not even really worth an official release because the film itself isn't that good. There aren't too many laughs and I thought the animation was rather weak considering it was from the master Jones.

The offensively portrayed Inki continues his hunt throughout the jungle, antagonizing a lion. It's no surprise that cartoons like "Inki and the Minah Bird" are harder to find than Warner Bros.'s most famous cartoons, given how they drew Inki. It's very much a product of the old style Euro-American view of Africa.I get the feeling that these cartoons won't come to DVD anytime soon. If Warner Bros. brings these to DVD, they should put them in a section identifying that these were creations of a pre-conscious era. There were a number of their cartoons like this; others included "Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs". Good to see as a historical reference.