Life, 1922-06-01 · page 21 of 34
Life — June 1, 1922 — page 21: what you’re looking at
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This is a six-panel wordless comic strip showing a slapstick sequence of physical comedy. A human figure repeatedly attempts to swing from or interact with a tree branch, while a monkey character observes. Each panel escalates the mishap: the human loses grip, falls, or collides with the tree in increasingly absurd ways, while the monkey's reactions shift from curiosity to apparent amusement. The humor relies on *slapstick*—exaggerated physical comedy—a staple of 1920s entertainment. The "Africa" and "Rubber Tree" framing suggests colonial-era adventure tropes popular in that period's entertainment, though the actual joke is simply repeated failure and comedic violence. The strip exemplifies the wordless visual comedy that magazines like *Life* regularly published alongside theater reviews and satirical content.
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> LIFE - > CONFIDENT). GW DE he time it takes to print Lire, readers should verify from the daily news- papers the continuance of the attractions at the theatres mentioned. More or Less The Bat. \forosco.—Mo ould shake a night-stick at. ‘The Cat and the Canary. id-fashioned, biood-curdling The Charla‘an. hery involvins The Hairy Ape. swerful story of a brute mai He Who Gets Slapped. pf the circus, Fanny Hawthorn. his issue. Lawful Larceny. 1 play which i Serious re crime than you National—A good, scare. Times Square—Murder mys- magician for a change, Plymouth.—Eugene O'Neill's in in a blind alley. Fulton.—A tragedy cautifully done. Vanderbilt.—Reviewed in Republic—Doubtful mate- is interesting in spite ret Lawrence, Gail Kane and help. Makers of Light. iewed next week. The Red Geranium. Village drania:ized. Salome. —To be re Neighborhood.—To be re- Princess.—Greenwich viewed later. Comedy and Things Like That The Advertising of Kate. dy about we Bronx Express. In which the Captain Applejack. Cort. nd Mary Nash in delightful The Demi-Virgin. nimals. The Dover Road. very pleasant. Charles Cher: The First Year. wn masterpi The French Doll. sse by Irene The Goldfish. Maxine Ritz.—A mild com- en in business, Astor.—Fantastic dream-play lvertising car-cards come to life. —Wallace Edinger 1 fooling. Eltinge—Fun among the Bijou.—English comedy, ry in the lead. Little-—i'rank Craven in his Lyceum.—Regulation play, Bordoni and an ex- Elliott’s.—Marjorie Wilton Lackaye in a mélange that ‘mont,—Reviewed in this issue. sco—Lenore Ulric in one of the cterizations Partners Again. nd Perlmutter } The Rotter iewed next J) The Rubicc || Six-Cylinder Love. Sam ‘ruex and June Walker in To the Ladies! reunion, upr Thirty-Ninth of the year. Selwyn.—The new Potash carious as ever. St—To be re- Hudson.—Pretty intimate. H. Harris.—Ernest very funny trouble. Liberty—Containing some ire along with other good enter- About and most ambi Up the Ladder, Blayds. Booth—A. A. itious comedy. Playhouse-—Clean hokum, Eye and Ear Entertainment Blossom ‘Time. ng Bride. Ambassador.—Real music, Forty-Fourth St.—Cecil » Mayfield in regulation stuff. ris. Forty-Nini es of pleasant Go Easy. Mabel. spite of I.thel Levey and “Good Morning, Dearie. ¢ leaders Snappy. wish white-face » and another startling Broadhurst. Pomander Walk.” Winter th St.—Russian art- numbers. Longacre.—Ncthing much Estelle Winwood. Globe.—Still among Garden.—Eddie much funnier than Cleveland Bronner A very nice musical The Music Box Revue. Music Box.—William Collier, Florence Moore, Hugh Cameron and many other headliners in a revue that is a revue. The Perfect Fool. George M. Cohan’s—Ed Wynn at his busiest. The Rose of Stamboul. Century.—A great big show, with good singing by Tessa Kosta and clowning by James Barton. Shuffle Along. Sixty-Third St.—Negro singers and dancers in a whirlwind entertainment. Tangerine. Casino.—Julia Sanderson sweet. very Fantasy ID we love each other, sweetest, Skies would be forever blue; Time would flutter by on fleetest Wings of glittering golden hue. Joy beyond a poet’s telling Should we learn the meaning of; Arcady would be our dwelling,— Did we love. Did we love each other, darling, Banished ugliness and gloom Ever sweet would pipe the starling, Ever gay the rose would bloom. Care and trouble could not find us, Bliss untold would be our lot. But, one scarcely need remind us, We do not. A Drama of Africa The Friendly Rubber Tree comicbooks.com