I Talk A Harold Lloyd Short Called Never Weaken...

but the first part of this discussion of a 1921 short is some (typical) Twitter foolishness: 

This was a movie made before 1975, and it was not “like reading hieroglyphics.” Last night was busy for me so there was only time to see a silent short-via the Criterion Channel-but I do have the opportunity to mention the controversy that once again arose over what Martin Scorsese said concerning modern movies and how they are presented. Somehow, some people got fired up over him not liking how many modern streaming sites are presented & curated. Whenever something flares up, I think of the image from GTA: San Andreas from the opening of the game where CJ says, “Ahhh s***, here we go again.”

Then, there's some random tool on Twitter w/ a blue checkmark who proclaims himself to be a “critic” (I've never heard of him before) who stated that he “doesn't watch movies before 1975” and he thought that Citizen Kane “was like reading hieroglyphics.” Then, that tweet was deleted and said that his comments “were a joke”, which to me means that not only was he NOT kidding, this individual that doesn't deserve to be named is a troll. Someone not liking older movies is fine; someone being a dick about it is just not cool.

Anyhow, onto this 100 year old half hour film that is the funniest thing ever made concerning both medical malpractice and attempting to take your own life. The first half is Harold trying to drive patients to the doctor's office she works at. This is done by both causing calamity-raising the ire of a cop-and staging accidents (leading to staged cures) with a tumbling associate. The second is a misunderstanding causing Harold to snuff out his own life... only he doesn't really have his heart in it, which is why via a contrivance he ends up on the girders of an under construction skyscraper, which is a series of great gags.

Despite it being far older than a product from 1975, it was a very good time due to the number of gags present and how the whole suicide aspect never became tasteless. It... never weakens in the second half, in other words.