. . . one giant leap toward ESPN. What is truly amazing is not the fact that one of the world's first dozen movies is a sports feature, but the fact that this "NEWARK ATHLETE" has his less than scintillating routine with two wooden exercise clubs (think mini bowling pins) shown FOUR TIMES IN RAPID SUCCESSION. Exhibited with a total running time of just 5.11 seconds, close examination proves that the initial slow-motion view of 1.97 seconds is followed up BY THE SAME THING being shown over and over and over again at successively faster speeds. No wonder guys can sit through endless replays of the least little fumble or failed catch on a Sunday afternoon--they've had long enough since this 1891 flick to BECOME GENETICALLY MUTATED against boredom, reversing what evolution took tens of thousands of years to accomplish! Who knew subliminal messaging conducted FROM THE START of motion pictures would have such a powerful AND RAPID effect in transforming the male brain! For countless centuries the world depended on men. Thanks to Edison Manufacturing Company, about all we have left nowadays is game boys!!
Review of Newark Athlete
