Is Popeye son stronger?
A one-eyed sailor in a captain’s cap walks through the Depression with a pipe, a tall angry woman, a baby nobody asked for, and a yellow animal that should not exist. Popeye is not a cartoon. He is a real sailor: dirty white middy, navy collar, cap that never comes off, one squint, a pipe. Olive Oyl is very tall, very skinny, black hair in a tight ponytail, cheap dress, big shoes. She slaps first. Wimpy will gladly pay Tuesday. They sail for gold, meet the Sea Hag and her Goon, find a yellow thing called a Jeep that walks through walls, pick up a baby named Swee’pea, and watch that baby get declared a king. Nobody learns anything. The docks. Cheap diners. Fog. Junk islands. A black castle. Popeye gets hired for a fight and never leaves. He is not kind and not clever. He is honest in a w