half shot shooter be an interesting variation from the normal stooge short film . this short feature a lot more violence than usual and and it also use a lot of stock footage splice into the movie to add realism and special effect . the movie begin with stock footage from some old war movie . it literally have hundred of soldier run into battle and artillery shell blow up around them and kill some . it then cut to the stooge and lay together in a ditch and sleep through the battle . their routine a they try to get some sleep while a battle rag around them be definitely more along the line of black comedy than what be usual for the stooge . later and their sergeant beat them up and curly clearly have a swell eye which become a bruised black eye in the next scene . i find that to be a little strange and since the stooge normally suffer dozen of injury in a short ( similar to pro wrestler ) and yet i have never see any of them sport visible bruise to illustrate that they be be bully . a little while later and the stooge be dirty and ragged and and stand at a window beg for food at a restaurant . the stooge pantomime seek a handout of leftover be more sad than funny . far into the film and stock footage be again splice in to show the victim of the artillery shelling by the stooge . the idea that the stooge be blow up civilian home and bridge and and a u. s. battleship seem a bit heavy hand to me . the finale where the stooge be execute also seem like this short be dark comedy . since in those day there be a lot more censorship and you really have to read between the line into the context of that era . overall and maybe this short reflect some anti war sentiment . i be not sure what the message be and but it be definitely a variation from the standard stooge comedy . i like it because it be different and and it show a different interpretation of their comedy by the director and or or the writer of this short .