The Short L’Arroseur Arrose’ is a very simple short. There is only two characters in the film and one prop. Something that stood out to me was the usage of a prop. The hose was the prop and the antagonist (Kid) used the prop against the protagonist (Man). But the protagonist (Man with hose) at the end also used it against the antagonist (kid). I have been recently watching The 3 Stooges and can see that this simple set up in the short L’Arroseur Arrsoe’ definitely has influenced the future gags with props and getting revenge using props.
The fact the man watering his plants ended up spraying water on the kid made the sympathetic character (Man) behave in a way that was just like the kid in the film. To me that means they’re both juveniles, which also, to me, associates this type of gag with the future comedies like The 3 Stooges.
