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In Reply to: Re: Buster Keaton's smallest fan posted by Gee LP on July 20, 2004 at 18:05:40:
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".
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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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