Hello and welcome back to Classic Shorts Showcase. Today on Classic Shorts Showcase, I'll be taking a look at The Martins and The Coys. This short is loosely based on the infamous Hatfield-McCoy feud.
The Plot
As stated up top, this short is loosely based on the infamous Hatfield-McCoy feud. The feud starts when one of the elder Martins, I believe steals some eggs and that leads to gun fighting and all different family members dying. The fighting looks a little something like this.
Eventually, they have killed off every Martin and Coy save for two, Henry and Grace who happen to fall in love with each other. Their families watch from above hoping that they'll continue the feud and knock each other off but that isn't the case or is it. For the entire time, they're together, they are madly in love but once they get married as seen at the end of the short, they fighting starts anew. The plot for this short is at best a love story set in a watered down version of this infamous feud. And I think it works. It's funny and it obvious that Disney was poking fun at the Hatfield- McCoy feud and sometimes it doesn't hurt to laugh at our history. I know this may contradict what I said last week regarding The Brave Engineer but I think this is a different situation.
Characters
Now before I get to Grace and Henry, I feel that I should talk about the Martins and The Coys.
The Martins & The Coys
It was clear from the get go, that these were not meant to true to the real life families but rather parodies or caricatures if you will and in that regard it worked. These characters made a good portion of what happened early on in the short and they were fun to watch and it was clear that they weren't going down easy. They fought and they fought and eventually there were only two left and the others were ghosts as we saw them travel up the skies.
A nice touch regarding this is that when they got the what I assume was Heaven, they were clouds that were not right across from each other but also right above their houses on earth.
Grace & Henry
As stated Grace and Henry each came from the opposing families and they fall madly in love and while they were dating, they were as happy as could be and at points, it was sickening but it made for a nice contrast to the feud and they were so happy and for a while it seemed as though the feud had ended but alas that was not the case as you see, once they were married, they fought and they fought hard and from the looks of it, Grace seemed to be winning. A nice touch here is their new house below the hills of the houses of The Martins and The Coys.
My Final Thoughts
This is a fun short and yes it does poke fun at one of history's most famous feuds but I enjoy that and I think the people behind this short also had a fun time getting to poke fun at this feud. It is just so much fun to watch and one that I highly suggest. There won't be a Showcase next week as next week will be House of Mouse Week but never fret, there'll be a short review.
The Plot
As stated up top, this short is loosely based on the infamous Hatfield-McCoy feud. The feud starts when one of the elder Martins, I believe steals some eggs and that leads to gun fighting and all different family members dying. The fighting looks a little something like this.
Eventually, they have killed off every Martin and Coy save for two, Henry and Grace who happen to fall in love with each other. Their families watch from above hoping that they'll continue the feud and knock each other off but that isn't the case or is it. For the entire time, they're together, they are madly in love but once they get married as seen at the end of the short, they fighting starts anew. The plot for this short is at best a love story set in a watered down version of this infamous feud. And I think it works. It's funny and it obvious that Disney was poking fun at the Hatfield- McCoy feud and sometimes it doesn't hurt to laugh at our history. I know this may contradict what I said last week regarding The Brave Engineer but I think this is a different situation.
Characters
Now before I get to Grace and Henry, I feel that I should talk about the Martins and The Coys.
The Martins & The Coys
It was clear from the get go, that these were not meant to true to the real life families but rather parodies or caricatures if you will and in that regard it worked. These characters made a good portion of what happened early on in the short and they were fun to watch and it was clear that they weren't going down easy. They fought and they fought and eventually there were only two left and the others were ghosts as we saw them travel up the skies.
A nice touch regarding this is that when they got the what I assume was Heaven, they were clouds that were not right across from each other but also right above their houses on earth.
Grace & Henry
As stated Grace and Henry each came from the opposing families and they fall madly in love and while they were dating, they were as happy as could be and at points, it was sickening but it made for a nice contrast to the feud and they were so happy and for a while it seemed as though the feud had ended but alas that was not the case as you see, once they were married, they fought and they fought hard and from the looks of it, Grace seemed to be winning. A nice touch here is their new house below the hills of the houses of The Martins and The Coys.
My Final Thoughts
This is a fun short and yes it does poke fun at one of history's most famous feuds but I enjoy that and I think the people behind this short also had a fun time getting to poke fun at this feud. It is just so much fun to watch and one that I highly suggest. There won't be a Showcase next week as next week will be House of Mouse Week but never fret, there'll be a short review.
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