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They are obviously right and a spontaneous protest of this kind is exceedingly welcome.
ii and 12. Another larger group complains of moral fatigue due to the dearth of comic and enlivening cheerful films of a kind to " cheer you up and show life in its rosy, even if not altogether true aspects ".
" The films they show are boring and always the same " — " The same eternal dramatic situations are absurd " — " The same old sobstuff makes you tired; it's always the same and its silliness gets on the nerves ".
This category, too, calls for no discussion and all that we can" do is to express our agreement with the clear and categorical replies given.
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Such are the results of the analysis we have made of the replies, with a view to ascertaining the relation between the cinema and children's fatigue in its various forms — visual, bodily, cerebral and moral.
In the case of the three last forms, the results are extremely satisfactory. That is to say, the specific observations of spectators constitute a numerically small body of complaint against the cinema. Only 14.44 % °f children acknowledge physical fatigue and, as already mentioned, the causes of most of it can easily be remedied. Only about 10 % admit cerebral or moral fatigue and here, too, stricter control by the official and unofficial organs of supervision and police could substantially reduce the percentage.
The Institute's findings are based upon the practical experience and verbal statements of the children themselves and are a contribution of the utmost value by reason not only of the wide scope of the enquiry but of the absolute impartiality with which it was conducted under the supervision of the school authorities.
We cannot foretell the results of an analysis of questionnaires now being compiled or already sent out by other countries; it is impossible to say whether these will confirm or refute our present conclusions.
Nor do we know whether the sifting of the still outstanding replies will continue to justify our favourable verdict. One thing however, is certain. Although the visual problem calls for action by the responsible organisations and individuals, since an evil complained of by a good third of the children is one that must be, if not eradicated, at least reduced to its smallest dimensions, physical, cerebral and moral fatigue are not sufficiently potent factors to justify alarm and consternation in cinematographic circles.
G. d. F.