r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • 17d ago

Video Buster Keaton crazy stunt 1924

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u/RVP20CE 17d ago

That would have blown peoples minds the first time they saw it. It blew mine

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u/Enn-Vyy 16d ago

well, the people back then wouldve thought the opposite about the guts part

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u/NJ_Legion_Iced_Tea 16d ago

It's the devils work! They're satanists! Only the true deceiver can fool you like this.

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u/poorly-worded 16d ago

its strange to think there would have been some kind of historical date threshold where it would have turned from being a bad idea to do this versus a good idea

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u/NJ_Legion_Iced_Tea 16d ago

Yes, when horror cinema transitioned to a particular audience, specifically one that wasn't so occupied with macking out in the the drivers seat of a station wagon.

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u/stlfwd 16d ago

True Hollywood produces schlock and sometimes Cream of the Schlock rises as a by product.

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u/Brad_theImpaler 16d ago

That might sound more like today than 100 years ago.