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JIM TURNER>> Oh, hello. I'm James Turner.
And our film tonight is the silent movie classic "The Perilous Pitfalls of
Restaurant Dining." Our hero, Jim has diabetes and apparently
dining out with this disease is quite a challenge. Who knew?
The film is a non-stop drama of the perils of
living with his condition. Well, let's watch and see what happens after our hero
prematurely takes his shot before dinner.
Apparently in diabetes timing is everything . So Jim needs to eat soon.
But of course his date is late.
Confronted with the tortures of
leisurely dining he gets desperate.
And eventually our hero takes matters into his own hands.
Even back then there was an embarrassment about needing to take care
of your disease
in a public setting. Testing your blood sugar with the world watching
has never been easy.
Jim tests often as one with diabetes should.
But what is ordinary for the diabetes sufferer might seem...
...less than romantic to those unused to the rituals...
...of daily testing.
In this scene our hero tries desperately to find out what exactly is in the mystery sauce
on the spaghetti. He's calibrated his insulin carefully but a little hidden flour, or...
possibly something worse could change his insulin needs dramatically.
What is that flavor?
Our hero realizes the stunning truth.
Since the dawn of baking the parade of
bread and rolls and crackers and... bread
has never been an easy one for people with diabetes.
Well, this movie has it all.
Drama. Tragedy. Mystery. Conflict.
And lots of laughs.
I'd recommend "The Perilous Pitfalls of Restaurant Dining"
to anyone interested in diabetes.
Well, thanks for watching. Next week we'll be looking at the depiction of diabetes
in the films of Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn. Good night.