Film · Britain · 1903
A Chess Dispute
18Leave it.
A chess game becomes a brawl, and the joke is both men gone under the table.
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The review
Two men fight over a chessboard until the game is gone. Bamforth, Britain, 1903. They argue, they scuffle, and they disappear under the table. A house can watch it. About a minute. The joke is the disappearance, and it is a thin joke if you have ever tried to finish a game with another adult in the house.
The rules go first, and nobody misses them. No household, no work, no town, just two men who will not keep a game from turning into a fight. I laughed once at the vanishing. Then I wanted the table back. A brawl is an easy ending. Staying with the game would have been harder, and they didn't.
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The glance
Industry and Household and Piety and Courage and Republic and Temperance and Truth and Stewardship are the thin ones.
Does anyone here do a real job, and does that job matter?
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30 instead of 18
The Pilgrim is still a comedy film, and it scores 30 instead of 18. What you gain is courage: An escaped convict is taken for the new minister while he is still at large.
The eight
- 1Industry
Two men at a chessboard are not doing a job anyone depends on.
- 1Household
No marriage, parent, or child; only two men and a board.
- 2Piety
They argue and scuffle, and no conscience puts the quarrel down.
- 1Courage
A brawl over a board risks nothing either man would miss later.
- 2Republic
Two men sharing a game owe it ordinary rules, and the rules lose.
- 2Temperance
The dispute is not put down; the game becomes a brawl for the joke.
- 3Truth
A chess game implies rules, and the scuffle is what breaking them costs.
- 2Stewardship
They disappear under the table, and the game is left unfinished.
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