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| Harold Lloyd in Safety Last |
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| The Glasses Charcter's Fincé in SAFETY LAST |
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| Buster KEaton Sherlock JR. |
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| The american silent clown tradition |
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The american success story:
Reality of Poverty,class differences
Social Structures(rules, laws, police.) |
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| The featured silent comic is often a man struggling to achieve a satisfying role in society. Realize the american dream who starts out as an outsider. |
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| Lowbrow, light, humorous play stary revolces around a skillfully epxlioted situation rather than chavracter or thematic development. |
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| critical Attack on persons, institutions, ideas using wit, exaggeration, and irony. Police,politicians targets, pomposity punctured. |
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| The american silent clown tradition |
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| Slapstick, gags, bits, stunts, pratfalls, chases. |
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| Stylized, exaggerated costumes, makeup |
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| incongruity, clown features:white face, painted mustache, etc. |
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| hyperbolic physical action to get a laugh |
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| ingenious use of a prop to get a laugh |
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| Idiosyncratic, small actions:signal a character |
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| Involve physical difficulty danger. |
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| comically artful falls, esp. on buttocks |
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| Key American Silent Comics: |
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W.C.Fields Vaudeville star
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| Stan Laureland Oliver Hardy |
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White Face
Child in a mans body persona
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The glasses Character
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