
InHeinzSchall'sDASESKIMOBABY(THEESKIMOBABY),alsofilmedin1916,thoughnotpremieredtillthespringof1918,AstaNielsencanagainbeseenina"trousers"role.Thistime,however,thebreakwiththeconventionsoffashionisbasednotontheexpectationsandstereotypesofgenderroles,butondifferencesofculture.AstaNielsenisIvigtut,anEskimofemalebroughtbacktoBerlinbyanexplorerfromanexpeditiontoGreenland.Ivigtutisanattraction,butshemaynotappearataneveningparty,becauseherfurpantsaresociallyunacceptable.Inherchildishlynaivedealingswiththeaccomplishmentsofmodernindustrialsociety,AstaNielsenagainpullsoutallthestops.TheKinematographwrotein1918:"Nielsen'sactingisoverwhelminglycomic,everysceneappearsthoroughlythoughtout,theexploitationofeachtypeofsituationisthebestexampleofthemasteryofalltheopportunitiesaffordedbyscreenacting."