08 Apr 2022
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WHAT? is a black and white, silent (and signing) comedy about a struggling deaf actor, sick of agreeing to increasingly humiliating tasks just to get a role, who decides to take matters into his own hands.
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Jus' Passin' Through 
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The Pawnshop 
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The Count 
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The Golem 
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