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> [“Watching the early Keystone flicks today, their weaknesses are as apparent as their strengths. Plots are vaporous and repeatedly recycled. Acting can veer into wild pantomime. Racial and ethnic stereotypes abound. Much screen time is merely filler before the next…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-merritt/watching-the-early-keystone-flicks-today-their-weaknesses-are-as/)

Greg Merritt

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## More by Greg Merritt

> [“Watching the early Keystone flicks today, their weaknesses are as apparent as their strengths. Plots are vaporous and repeatedly recycled. Acting can veer into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-merritt/watching-the-early-keystone-flicks-today-their-weaknesses-are-as/)

Greg Merritt

> [“Overnight our place was busting its seams with idiotics. Anything went, and every fool thing you might think of under the influence of hashish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-merritt/overnight-our-place-was-busting-its-seams-with-idiotics-anything-went/)

Greg Merritt

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