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Is This Silent Comedy Worth Your Time? No, 'What Every Iceman Knows' is not worth watching for most modern viewers. This 1927 Hal Roach short is a curio at best, a baffling exercise in early dark comedy that struggles to justify its own premise. It moves with the clunky gait of a film still figuring out its own languag...
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"Is This Silent Comedy Worth Your Time? No, 'What Every Iceman Knows' is not worth watching for most modern viewers. This 1927 Hal Roach short is a curio at best, a baffling exercise in early dark comedy that struggles to justify its own premise. It moves with the clunky gait of a film still figuring out its own language, leaving little for the casual observer to latch onto. This film works because it presents a surprisingly dark premise for its era, hinting at a domestic malice that few comedies..."
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