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Balancing in midair is no trick at all, IF it gets a laugh!
step while walking into an open manhole or a box of fresh mortar. But we have little conception of how many times it was necessary to retake this one scene. We see it upon the screen; we laugh tears to our eyes, for the comedian steps into that open hole with such graceful step, but think a minute and you will know the ease(?) of stepping into this gaping hole. It is a common occurrence that scenes of this na
It was the prop man's worry to make this scene look like the results of a wreck, but the comedian isn't getting any laughs out of the scene either.
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ture have consumed an entire working day.
We laugh and shriek at several people falling or being thrown into a body of water with their clothes on. That is why the comedy producer sanctions it. But do we know how many colds may have resulted from this performance? Do we know if an entire company may have been held up due to such colds? Not every one who does take these falls into water necessarily takes cold, but it's logical that many do; isn't it?
It is a dramatic undertaking, then, for even though this does get the necessary laugh, the same scene could possibly be toned down and used for a dramatic offering. We see from this, then, that by making this same scene unhumorous we make its dangers no less and the desired effect is put over regardless what type of picture it goes into.
We have the author and the director to
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