A bunch of talented kids stage a benefit..
Ballard MacDonald
United States
Should you watch The Big Benefit today? Only if you have a high tolerance for kids from the 1930s screaming their lines and you have exactly ten minutes to kill. If you hate variety acts or that specific high-pitched 'stage kid' voice, you will absolutely loathe this. But if you are a nerd for the history of the Dead E...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Lynn Shores
Edgar Jones
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"Should you watch The Big Benefit today? Only if you have a high tolerance for kids from the 1930s screaming their lines and you have exactly ten minutes to kill. If you hate variety acts or that specific high-pitched 'stage kid' voice, you will absolutely loathe this. But if you are a nerd for the history of the Dead End Kids, it’s a weird little curiosity. It is not a 'movie' in the way we think of them now. There is no real plot to speak of. A bunch of kids decide to put on a show, and then t..."
