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In Reply to: Buster Keatons "The Railrodder", anyone seen it? posted by tcain on July 19, 2004 at 10:56:50:
A family that used to live across the street from me had a very young daughter...not much older than 1...who could not even speak much at that point beyond "mama" and "dada". But she loved trains, loved seeing them, loved hearing them, absolutely fascinated by trains (as my father was a railroad engineer she had opportunity to experience them very closely!). One day her mother and she came by when I began to watch Keaton's "The General". She sat across from me in the room, totally transfixed, for the hour-plus running time. That film never had a better audience than that small child who loved everything Keaton did with the trains.A child that could not even say a phrase yet sat mesmerized by Keaton's magic.
And I thought I was a fan! I couldn't compare with that!
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There is a scene in "Sherlock, Jr." where Keaton changes the $1.00 price on a box of candy to $4.00 to impress his girlfriend. There are, of course, consequences to this. I used to tell the fellow who introduced me to Keaton that the scene was so simple that even a small child could understand it. Lo and behold, some time later one of his children was making a point and she said, "You know, like Buster Keaton changing the price on the box of candy".
Great story!Isn't it strange how small children readily grasp the comedy in silent films? What child does not "get" Chaplin or Keaton or LLoyd? But the introduction of sound created new styles of comedy. And when I think of some of the comedies aimed at children today ("Cat in the Hat" for example), I shudder.
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