The Extraordinary Waiter

The Extraordinary Waiter
The Extraordinary Waiter
	Screenshot from the film
Directed by	Walter R. Booth
Produced by	Robert W. Paul
Production; company	Paul's Animatograph Works
Release date	December 1902;
Running time	1 minute 16 secs
Country	United Kingdom
Language	Silent

The Extraordinary Waiter (AKA: Diner and Waiter Comic) is a 1902 British silent comic trick film, directed by Walter R. Booth, featuring a brutish colonialist failing to destroy a blackfaced waiter. The film "makes for somewhat uncomfortable viewing," but according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "it's just about possible to read this as a metaphor for the rather more widespread frustrations arising from British colonial rule (the Boer War was still a current issue), though it seems unlikely that this was intentional on Booth's part."^[1]

References

^ Brooke, Michael. "The Extraordinary Waiter". BFI Screenonline Database. Retrieved 24 April 2011.

External links

The Extraordinary Waiter at IMDb

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[BFIso01-1] Brooke, Michael. "The Extraordinary Waiter". BFI Screenonline Database. Retrieved 24 April 2011.

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