"Flunky, Work Hard! is a film at a crossroads, its most resonant image that of a fly trapped under a dripping faucet and flailing around the waterlogged sink." - Keith Uhlich

A short film about a down-on-his-luck insurance salesman trying to provide for his (somewhat unruly) son, it's a gently comic affair. The humor is not great, but not bad either, and there's a certain charm to it. I'm sure the economic situation was resonant with a Depression-era audience. Things take a dark turn towards the end, which is rather jarring but sets off some experimental moments that seem ahead of their time. Even in the earliest parts of the story, there's a boldness to the editing.