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Did anyone notice that...


...no one in this film takes responsibility for their own actions? I am NOT going off on some Republican* rant because I'm not a Republican, but I did notice it. It was: this one made him drink, or that one led her astray; to the point the police deciding that the first brother should serve time for his brother for murder because the first brother made him the way he is -- drunk and disorderly. Or a better example is "I can't take it anymore, and it's not my fault, so I'm going to kill myself AND my children."

If personal responsibility was the point of the film, then I'm an idiot. At the end, the main character repents of his sins (and thereby, I guess, taking responsibility), but everyone else was busy blaming others for their misfortunes. It seemed crazy to me.

* I'm referencing Republicans because they seem to yammer about this all the time, not because I'm trying to insert 2016 politics into the plot of a 1921 film.

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I totally agree. I'm not a fan of the preachy tone used here and thought it was really chatty for a silent movie. It also reminded me of Dickens' "christmas carol", which I don't like for similar reasons. A ghost taking a living on a tour to see his past mistakes and faults and has him repent...

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