DETAILED NOTES ON CHARLIE CHAPLIN'S "THE CIRCUS" (1928)

The Buster Keaton character has his ft on the ground. He could be embarrassed to parade his goodness. He takes advantage of ingenuity in lieu of divinity. Chaplin’s untidy like daily life indicates he felt he deserved whomever he preferred; Keaton in non-public life appears to have been melancholic due to alcoholism, but an honest enough sort wit