Interesteg
What makes it different from others?
Jeanskynebu
the audience applauded
Beanbioca
As Good As It Gets
Edgar Allan Pooh
. . . TWICE TWO bravely explored the conundrum of Human Sexuality's ever-lengthening continuum in 1933. The People formerly known as Eskimos may have 78 native words for snow, but Masters & Johnson have unearthed at least twice that many for sexual orientation. It would be simple to say that "Four" is the best way to sum up TWICE TWO. However, if you hire 100 sexologists to audit the 20-minute running time of this live action short, they'll most likely give you 100 varying bottom lines. To put it another way, is a mister playing his sister married to his pal don't-ask-don't-tell? Though some might find it easy to dismiss this comedy team as a pair of transvestites, I don't think that hose always make the man. Rather than dwelling upon the ins and outs of cross-dressing, this piece may be more notable for the rare glimpse it provides of Oliver Hardy without his omnipresent Hitler mustache. (For some reason, the team felt that they could dispense with that distinctive trademark during the parts of TWICE TWO when Oliver was his sister Fanny.)
JoeytheBrit
This is one of Laurel and Hardy's weaker efforts with only limited laughs and some horrendous dubbing of female voices for the characters of Stan and Ollie's sisters (played by Stan and Ollie). There's also something a little unsettling about each of them being married to their friend's identical twin sister... The funniest moments come in the earlier part of this 20-minute short when the boys are at work and taking part in their usual tit-for-tat abuse - Ollie blowing ink down the phone in an attempt to spray Stan only to receive it in his own face gets the biggest laugh. The rest of the film is amusing enough but never comes close to the heights of their better shorts.
Shaolin_Apu
There are certain clichés that almost every comedian has done some time. One of them is dressing as the opposite sex and in this film you get to see how well Laurel & Hardy manage to entertain as ladies. The best individual concept in this bit is the fact that the pair has married each others sisters, who both "unfortunately" look like their brothers. Mr Hardy is very "Ollie" when he even states about his wedding day "It was the happiest day of my life." The best in this film are the insults that the two "ladies" present to each other. Some people might not necessarily find the insults enjoyable, but they are definitely something you never hear in other Laurel & Hardy films. Not their best film, but despite the possible not-very-good-taste element, among the funniest "men as women" flicks ever.
Snow Leopard
In "Twice Two", Laurel and Hardy each play a dual role, with the idea being that they have each married the other one's sister. It's a creative setup, and they are both pretty good as the spouses. (The men do the acting, with the voices dubbed in by women.) Most of it takes place as the four have dinner together, and plays off of the tangled relationships among them. It is slower paced than usual, and is not really as funny as their best films. It's still worth watching, although it is probably of interest primarily to those who are already Laurel and Hardy fans.
