DETAILED NOTES ON CHARLIE CHAPLIN'S "THE CIRCUS" (1928)

The Buster Keaton character has his ft on the ground. He could well be ashamed to parade his goodness. He uses ingenuity rather than divinity. Chaplin’s untidy love existence suggests he felt he deserved whomever he wanted; Keaton in personal lifestyle seems to happen to be melancholic thanks to alcoholism, but an honest enough type with Females.