| The Extraordinary Waiter | |
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 Screenshot from the film | |
| Directed by | Walter R. Booth |
| Produced by | Robert W. Paul |
Production company | Paul's Animatograph Works |
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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]
