#  The War on Charlie Chaplin 

 





November 16, 2023

 

 

In *The New Yorker*, Louis Menand reviews “Charlie Chaplin vs. America: When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided,” by Scott Eyman.   
  
The Tramp was born in the wardrobe department of Keystone Studios, in Los Angeles. The year was 1914, and Charlie Chaplin was a twenty-four-year-old contract player. Keystone was known for its slapstick comedies, and pantomime was more Chaplin’s comic genre. At first, nobody seemed sure what to do with him. Then one day the head of the studio, Mack Sennett, sensed that a scene they were shooting needed some funny business. Chaplin happened to be standing nearby. Sennett ordered him to put on comedy makeup—"anything will do."  
  
You can read the full article [here](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/11/20/charlie-chaplin-vs-america-scott-eyman-book-review).

 

 

 



 

 

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