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The Hard Sell
I'm not saying that venereal disease, even in those relatively simpler days when it was just syphilis and gonorrhea, and treatable by antibiotics, was a joke. Nowadays, with the AIDS epidemic finally subsiding because of better treatments, it still is a terrible thing. Likewise, syphilis and gonorrhea, half a century ago, was a terrible problem, because it was transmitted unwittingly, difficult to detect when it was treatable, and had terrible consequences, called for harsh measures and simple, direct PSAs like this one, trapped between taboos about discussing sex publicly and the need to warn and instruct people.
Fortunately, this movie has a very appropriately named Walter Smartt as one of the two medical men who appear on screen. Despite its lack of virtue as a piece of cinema, this short had and still has real value.
Fortunately, this movie has a very appropriately named Walter Smartt as one of the two medical men who appear on screen. Despite its lack of virtue as a piece of cinema, this short had and still has real value.
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- boblipton
- Feb 15, 2024
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