My favorite pie fight

I have seen quite a few pie fights on video, and I just found my favorite.  It is from a Lit­tle Ras­cals the­atri­cal short called “Shiv­erin’ Shake­speare”. What makes this one different?

  • Use of slow motion.  Some­time it’s dur­ing the throw, some­time on the hit.  Just the vari­a­tion in speed makes it inter­est­ing.  When the pie flies in slo mo, then hits at full speed, it seems faster.
  • Edit­ing.  This one has a nice pace of edit­ing.  With fun reac­tion shots of the kids.
  • The actors, when enter­ing the fight, move with a slow delib­er­ate­ness that is just funny.  It’s almost like the slower they move, the fun­nier it is.  The first man who buys a pie stops to weigh them in his hands.
  • It still has all the usual pie fight ele­ments like the matronly woman get­ting hit, and the wide shot of pies fly­ing in all directions.


 

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One Response to My favorite pie fight

  1. Edgar Kennedy in a Tarzan out­fit is an auto­matic laugh.

    This pie fight is very sim­i­lar to sit­u­a­tions in Lau­rel & Hardy shorts. The delib­er­ate­ness of the aggres­sion, lin­ger­ing slow burn reac­tions, esca­la­tion of the action… There was def­i­nitely a house style to Roach tit for tat brawls.

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