Chaplin was a completely reprehensible human being. One of the true scum of the earth.
Watch The General alone, then watch The General with an audience. Then you can really appreciate what a great work of art it is. And realize that Keaton was a modern film maker, about 40 years ahead of his time. Chaplin was a manipulative ephebophilic creep. He used a truly creep mawkish sentimentality, combined with a true meanness, to sucker people into thinking he was a genius.
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Date: 2008-06-03 03:05 pm (UTC)Chaplin was a completely reprehensible human being. One of the true scum of the earth.
Watch The General alone, then watch The General with an audience. Then you can really appreciate what a great work of art it is. And realize that Keaton was a modern film maker, about 40 years ahead of his time. Chaplin was a manipulative ephebophilic creep. He used a truly creep mawkish sentimentality, combined with a true meanness, to sucker people into thinking he was a genius.
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Date: 2008-06-03 03:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-06-03 03:09 pm (UTC)Keaton: The true genius of the silent age
Chaplin: The vicious little Ephebophil
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Date: 2008-06-03 03:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-06-03 03:18 pm (UTC)I SURE wanted to though.