THE 2-MINUTE RULE FOR CHARLIE CHAPLIN'S "THE CIRCUS" (1928)

The Buster Keaton character has his toes on the ground. He would be humiliated to parade his goodness. He makes use of ingenuity instead of divinity. Chaplin’s untidy adore daily life suggests he felt he deserved whomever he wished; Keaton in private life seems to have already been melancholic due to alcoholism, but an honest sufficient form with