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The act was twenty minutes long on the full stage.
The sketch revolves around two straight men, one in blackface, and a woman in a restaurant. The waiters are on strike, so one of the men recruits the man in blackface (a barber) to serve him. The comedy evolves into singing a telephone number during which all of the lights are shut off, save for the light emanating from the mouthpieces of the telephone.
The comedy is of a low variety and is exceedingly tiresome. The effect with the light and the telephones was attractive, but the act is strictly small time.
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Variety 26:4 (30/03/1912)