Review of Ye Olde Minstrels

The gang stages a minstrel show to raise money for the Red Cross with the help of a veteran performer. The film is essentially one long production number that kind of steers clear of racial stereotypes until near the very end when much of the cast is suddenly in black face. It's an odd moment that doesn't really work on its own terms (There is no point to it since it's so late in the short as to make you wonder why they bothered). Actually the film didn't really work at all for me since the music isn't all that good and the number is just everyone on risers singing and dancing. Probably one of the weakest of the "let's put on a show" films that appear in the MGM Our Gang series every fourth or fifth film.