Juan Monroy — History of Cinema: Class 6, American Silent Comedy

1 social class
- 1.1 social rules
- 1.2 social positions
- 1.3 social stratification
2 films of Harold Lloyd
- 2.1 aspirational
- 2.2 social climbing
- 2.3 success is possible
3 class conflict
- 3.1 sympathetic poor characters
- 3.2 authoritative characters of position
4 films of Charles Chaplin
- 4.1 down and out characters
- 4.2 lacks understanding of social rules
- 4.3 prevails against rich and establishment
5 physical comedy gags
- 5.1 considered unsophisticated compared to narrative films
- 5.2 Crafton compares with Gunning’s concept of the “cinema of attractions”
- 5.3 narrative at the expense of spectacle
6 films of Buster Keaton
- 6.1 gags are spatial not physical
- 6.2 on-screen space
- 6.3 off-screen space
- 6.4 diegetic space in Our Hospitality