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The Elasticity of the American DreamIn the burgeoning era of the 1920s, cinema was less about the spoken word and more about the visceral, rhythmic language of the human body. All Wet (1922), a vehicle for the incomparable Al St. John, stands as a testament to this physical lexicon. While contemporary audiences might b...
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Al St. John
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"The Elasticity of the American DreamIn the burgeoning era of the 1920s, cinema was less about the spoken word and more about the visceral, rhythmic language of the human body. All Wet (1922), a vehicle for the incomparable Al St. John, stands as a testament to this physical lexicon. While contemporary audiences might be more familiar with the stoicism of Keaton or the pathos of Chaplin, St. John offered a brand of chaotic energy that felt almost dangerously spontaneous. This film, centered on th..."
Al St. John
Al St. John
United States
