A drunk Democratic donkey bucking through the New Deal? 1930s political cartoons hit different.
In Eshbaugh’s ‘political’ animated cartoon world, the Democratic platform is destroyed by its own swallowing of the NRA (National Recovery Act), sending the Donkey representing the party into a dizzying disastrous bucking fury (thanks to a ‘liberal’ added dose of Russian vodka).
Writing
Dense with 1935 references that slap if you know your New Deal.
Director
Ted Eshbaugh
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The NRA (National Recovery Administration) was already collapsing by 1935 when this dropped — Eshbaugh was dunking on a corpse.
This was one of the first politically charged American cartoons aimed at adults, predating even the more famous wartime propaganda.
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