In this one, Stan marrie Ollie's sister, played by Ollie in drag, and Ollie marries Stand's sister, played by Stan in drag.
There's a camaraderie in the way Stan and Ollie behave that says they are still friends; even when they lose their tempers and strike each other, they are still friends. Somehow when they do it as women, it seems far more vicious and permanent. Is this because the voices are provided by helium-voiced Carol Tevis and dowager-like May Wallace? Or do the Boys act differently when they are girls? One doesn't think of Laurel and Hardy as actors, but performers of gags. The truth is that comic acting is straight acting..... and more.
There's a camaraderie in the way Stan and Ollie behave that says they are still friends; even when they lose their tempers and strike each other, they are still friends. Somehow when they do it as women, it seems far more vicious and permanent. Is this because the voices are provided by helium-voiced Carol Tevis and dowager-like May Wallace? Or do the Boys act differently when they are girls? One doesn't think of Laurel and Hardy as actors, but performers of gags. The truth is that comic acting is straight acting..... and more.