THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO CHARLIE CHAPLIN'S "THE CIRCUS" (1928)

The Buster Keaton character has his ft on the ground. He might be embarrassed to parade his goodness. He employs ingenuity in lieu of divinity. Chaplin’s untidy like life suggests he felt he deserved whomever he needed; Keaton in private everyday living appears to have already been melancholic because of alcoholism, but a decent adequate type wit