You are here:

Let's Go

Name: Let's Go
Director: Arthur Davis
Released: 1937
Duration: 7 min

Representation Score

3.1/10

Limited

1937

Approved

Director

Arthur Davis

Runtime

7 minutes

Average Rating

No ratings yet

New Showbiz Analysis

Let's Go (1937) serves as a moral fable emphasizing community aid. While it steers clear of individual competition by highlighting collective support, the narrative remains anchored in the social norms of its time. The film uses insects to symbolize socioeconomic differences but fails to address the root causes of scarcity. Instead, it provides a straightforward, harmonious solution that reinstates a status quo of abundance. Ultimately, the short lacks the layered exploration or systemic critique needed to transcend typical mid-century animation themes.

Watch this, not that →

Category Breakdown

Does Let's Go have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

The film does not include any characters with LGBTQ+ identities or same-sex relationships. It focuses solely on the interactions between insect communities.

How does Let's Go portray gender?

Fair

The characters adhere to traditional gender roles typical of the 1930s. There is no indication of challenging gender norms or unique character development.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Let's Go?

Limited

Different insect species represent socioeconomic disparities between bees and grasshoppers. The film upholds a traditional dynamic where bees provide for struggling grasshoppers.

How does Let's Go represent religion and culture?

Fair

The story emphasizes communal altruism by showcasing bees helping grasshoppers. However, it avoids critiquing the systemic issues behind scarcity and instead presents a simple moral resolution.

Does Let's Go include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no information available regarding the depiction of physical or cognitive disabilities in this animation.

Present on Screen

Highlights themes of communal altruism and mutual aid.
Challenges the 'survival of the fittest' through inter-species cooperation.

Limited or Absent

Needs more complex, multi-layered character development.
Depends on simplified provider-recipient dynamics rather than exploring deeper social issues.

Official Synopsis

One of the it-takes-a-villageism cartoons with a message in which a happy-and-prosperous village of honeybees goes to the aid of a village of starving grasshoppers, by dropping honey bombs and food to the stricken bug community. Prosperity returns and all the world citizens are happy again. Although, in the real world it was usually the grasshoppers and locusts that caused most of the famine problems to begin with, and didn't leave anything for the bees to make honey from.

How are these scores produced? →