| The Extraordinary Waiter | |
| Director: | Walter R. Booth |
| Producer: | Robert W. Paul |
| Studio: | Paul's Animatograph Works |
| Runtime: | 1 minute 16 secs |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | Silent |
The Extraordinary Waiter (AKA: Diner and Waiter Comic) is a 1902 British silent comic trick film, directed by Walter R. Booth, featuring a brutish colonialist failing to destroy a blackfaced waiter. The film "makes for somewhat uncomfortable viewing," but according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "it's just about possible to read this as a metaphor for the rather more widespread frustrations arising from British colonial rule (the Boer War was still a current issue), though it seems unlikely that this was intentional on Booth's part."[1]