LADY BETTY | Omeleto
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- Опубліковано 14 чер 2023
- The shocking tale of Ireland's female executioner -- as told by two bickering friends.
LADY BETTY is used with permission from Paul McGrath. Learn more at whackala.com.
Two old friends, Paddy and Mick, are wiling away the evening in a cozy country club, trading tall tales over pints. They stumble upon re-telling the story of Lady Betty, the first and only female executioner in Ireland. As the two men bicker over the details, interrupting one another and arguing, they attempt to get her story straight, as Betty tries to eke out a meager existence with her son Padraic in the late 1700s.
Living in poverty, Betty has a hard life and a violent temper to match, one that eventually drove away her son. Left on her own, she grew bitter, taking in lodgers to earn money. When a rich, well-off lodger comes for the night, she decides to steal from him, setting off a strange series of events that will pique the imagination for generations to come.
Directed by Paul McGrath and written by Bobby Moloney from a story by Lorraine Harton, this animated short is a lively yarn about the hard and twisted life of a historical figure that has loomed uneasily in the national Irish imagination. Betty Sugrue was indeed the first female executioner in Ireland, and her vividly morbid life is the inspiration for a ramshackle, darkly humorous ramble about the hardness of both life and heart in one fascinating personage.
Visually, the story is rendered through an attenuated, almost surreal sense of line and muddied morbid color that gives a sense of the sinister fascination that emerges around the story of Betty, whose story is debated amusingly between the two friends at the pub, who can't quite get a grip on the details of her life. The animation allows the storytelling to compress and represent a wide range of time and detail, as well as inject notes of mordant humor through a generally dark story.
Much of the humor and energy of the film comes from the dueling voice talents of actors David Pearse and Colm Meaney, whom audiences may know from STAR TREK. They capture the weathered back-and-forth of the two friends, and their telling of the story renders Betty as both a Gothic horror story to the story of a woman gone mad from poverty and struggle. The elasticity of Betty's fascination for these men is captured deftly by the mobility and slipperiness of the animation, shifting and flexing to accommodate whatever opinion or mood the storyteller is in.
It doesn't hurt that Betty herself is such a strange figure. She did so well at her unexpected calling that she lived in prison afterward, carrying out execution and floggings for the jail. For her hard work, her sentence was commuted, and she was buried in an unmarked grave inside the walls of the jail. Hundreds of years after her death, she still exerts a hold on the imagination, both as a criminal and as a woman who found a very strange place in the world to call her own. LADY BETTY might be the first time that many viewers encounter her, and with true crime stories drawing huge public interest, many will continue to be astounded and bedeviled by such a grim yet enigmatic figure for years to come. - Фільми й анімація
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Big love
Excellent job! Would love to see more!
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I feel encouraged to leave an intelligent comment; but there's a gap between aspiration & ability so this will have to do.
Very enjoyable!
@@goodgame3374 😄 that's all we need
How refreshing after so much abused CGI...This is top notch in creativity and writing.... A real MASTERWORK!!!
Whole thing is fantastic! The way everything feels reactive to the storytellers is next level.
Excellent animation as usual, beautifully told story and the commentary after was hilarious!
Ah I knew right away that Chief Miles Edward O'Brien had a little too much to sip from Quark's bar (if you know you know). Loved this little animation. Brilliant lads brilliant.
😂😂
What a great story. Every small town seems to have its ghost stories and legends, but it really is enjoyable watching them presented like this with a bit of humor.
the best part is she's real, but the circumstances of how she really got the job are a bit lost to time hence the myth part, but she really was the wife of a farmer with two sons, one died, one travelled, and she needed money after her husband died
@@KawaiiStars Yes, exactly. I replied with same to someone else. You can look for William Wilde's article about her.
Yeah most myths have some truth to them. so I'm not surprised it's a real story.
Wow! I want a point and click adventure in that very style and that humour now!
To pack all of that into 7 and a half minutes is a stunning feat. An A+ for creating a Micro-Masterpiece! 🧡🧡💛💛💚💚💙💙💜💜
Gruesome, garbled, ghostly
I wish this was a TV or netflix series. This is BRILLIANT, from , the Irish ghost stories, to the bar, to these two funny lads to the cartoon work. This bangs and should be a series. A++++💖
Ha ha ha ! - was hoping Lady Betty didn't get you folks at WhackalaFilms after you finished your edit shift.
Last person out of the building switches off the light!
Not yet...
Even the bloody credits were entertaining
The director, Paul McGrath, wanted to make them part of the script and humour from the start, because they're usually such a pain for audiences!
You can tell a bloody Aussie from a mile off 😊
That was great! I love the style of cartoon where the character reacts to what they hear the narrator say. Reminds me of the old school Looney Tunes cartoons. Excellent job!
Thank you, that was the idea from the start. The story writer, Lorraine Harton, found out about Lady Betty when looking into lesser known Irish female historical figures. There was nothing in the history books, but accounts - oral, some written (Oscar Wilde's father - William Wilde's article, for example) but many contradicting details. We just thought it would be perfect for an animation where everything kept changing and the characters reacting to the two bickering friends.
That was great I smiled from start to finish.
Perfectly Crafted and complimented by some Grand ol' Banter !
Great job 👏 love how they were engaging even till the end of the credits, great writing, great characters, great animation!
Certainly I should not have laughed out loud at the dance of the dead. 🧟♀️ But it was truly entertaining! 😂
Haha if you look closely at the last few hanged men, the animator included both himself and the director (me) as hanged men. He’s got a pony tail and I’ve got the beard
@@pauldoodles Thank you so much for directing such a fun True Myth. I'm going to watch a 4th time!
I absolutely love the Irish accent. ❤
Entertaining, cast is top notch, animation complementary to story. 💯
Lovely tale.
Shtum? I had no idea Yiddish and Yiddishisms were so common in Ireland.
Wonderful works! Like the animation, arts, the way they tell the story (mysterious but humorous), and the story itself. Would like to see more! ❤
That was a bloody fine SNAPPER !!!!!!
Loved it Paul!
Engaging from start to finish and easy on the eyes too.
Thanks for sharing this fascinating story in such a delightful form.
Brilliant! 😁😅 Excellent animation.
Thank you
Great stuff!
This is great! I loved it. And I'd never heard of Lady Betty before, so thank you.
love this
Love the expressive animation ❤
LOVED IT!!! The banter was the best! 😆
These are the kind of cartoons that should be on TV, better than evangelicals!
The way the characters move is so entrancing, absolutely love it! ❤
All of this is done so tastefully!
From the story to the credits! An amazing watch :)
Loved it!
Hilarious!
This was so well done!! Excellent storytelling. Hilarious through and through.
🍀Wow, I'm loving this ❤
I miss all of my Irish mates from across the pond.
All of the diff brogues, accents & the hilarious craic everyday - this was amazing. 🍀
great storytelling!!!
Quite fun! not crazy about the subtitles being a part of it but, still fun
Why, oh! Why?
Thsi is great, great job!
Loved the credits 😂
Glad I found your channel. My favorite is "Reset" 😊
true myth- 💀
"True Myth", is an oxymoron.
@@judylandry302 Takes one to know one!
@@philwilliams5465
Word definitions are available on your "Smartphone".
Loved this!
Absolutely enjoyed it! So creative and FUNNY
Moar Pliz 😂 😊
Great shott film, great animation and story.
Colm Meaney - wow!
Very funny loved it
Fun! Dangerously fun!
Well done.
Great story really enjoyed it..😂❤
Brilliant… brilliant
A bit of the ole blarney!
I have nothing but love for you
It was a good story
Entertailing.
Entertelling.
Blarney blokes.
Ribald murderous classic?
Next up? The 'Butchers' Tale.
Just don't butcher it up.
Enjoyable Iberian Tale.
You don't say.
I do.
+ Durasaxon +✝️
Great story and brilliant work by the team! Well done. Keep doing it