So, what this film is 'saying'....
Considering practically no one went to see it...would we still say this film had messages that spoke to society at that time?
Obviously, the official message is "Life is made up of bitter and sweet experiences"...though I wonder if the deeper message is "STAY MARRIED NO MATTER WHAT!!!"
I guess that fits into the late 1920's, considering "traditional"/Victorian families were fragmenting at the time...people could run off to have unchaperoned visits in cars, where they could have sex...the industrial revolution had tilted the routine of what the usual married household was...so maybe the film is putting the brakes on that....saying, "Yeah, it looks bad, and he tried to kill you, but KEEP HIM! Stay!! Who knows what other, WORSE wickedness is out there??"
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