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A 10 page paper. Buster Keaton's Sherlock, Jr. was released in 1924. Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times was released twelve years later in 1936. Both ask the audience to suspend reality and both present stories that deal with humans and machines. This essay explains how the films are similar and different. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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way, was a comedic genius. Although both relied on physical comedy, Keatons stunts often seemed to be more dangerous. Keaton always wanted to do his own stunts and suffered numerous
injuries as a result, including a broken neck. Keatons silent films were often nearly non-stop comedy and yet, there were always poignant moments. This was one of the great similarities
between these two performers - they were able to mix comedy with poignancy leading the audience to laughter and yet also to a tear. There were remarkable differences between them,
as well. Chaplin was compulsive and driven, what we call a workaholic (Illinois Science and Mathematics Academy, nd). Not so with Keaton, in fact, he often left details in a
film to co-directors while he focused on the comic segments (Illinois Science and Mathematics Academy, nd). Additionally, Chaplin always wanted his characters to get the girl (Illinois Science and Mathematics
Academy, nd). Keaton traded on his dead-pan face and left the actions and timing to bring the comedy or the sadness or whatever other emotion he wanted to convey. Chaplins
character of the tramp was not even as stone-faced as Keaton was most of the time. Keaton and Chaplin were comic rivals. In retrospect, many have said that Chaplin
was the better director but some critics "consider Keatons work as less pretentious than Chaplins and functioning better in cinematic space (Illinois Science and Mathematics Academy, nd). Unlike todays
films that often attempt to send some sort of discrete message to the viewer, the silent films by Keaton and Chaplin were intended primarily to amuse the audience. Both, however,
did make films in which clear messages were sent. For instance, Chaplins Modern Times was a direct statement against industrialization and machines, including those that would bring the "talkies" to
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