Chaplin vs Keaton: One Refused a Stunt Double, the Other Broke His Neck for a Laugh

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CHAPLIN vs BUSTER KEATON go head to head — and every jab is rooted in real history.

CHAPLIN

I gave the little Tramp a beating heart, Buster - audiences didn't just laugh, they loved him. Comedy without sentiment is just a man falling down.

BUSTER KEATON

And I did fall down, Charlie - off moving trains, through collapsing houses, real house-fronts crashing an inch from my skull. I gave them truth; you gave them violins.

CHAPLIN

Truth? I built United Artists to own my work while your studio boxed you up and drank the profits - my sentiment bought me freedom.

BUSTER KEATON

You kept your freedom, I kept my face - stone-still through a hurricane, and men are still stealing that gag a century later.

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