Buster Keaton <3

1) Buster Keaton got his career started as a vaudeville at the age of five working as a trio alongside his mother and father. He was forced by his father to keep a serious expression on his face during all acts as he noticed that it got more laughs from the crowd. Buster used this technique as he was filming all his classical films.

2) What made his comedy so unique is the ways he chose to express his humor. He never once made a face during a scene, which makes it all the more funnier. He always wears the same dorky-looking outfit, but it works for him. His comedies are more realistic, which makes it harder for some people to find him funny.

3) Keaton and Chaplin are both very humorous people in very different ways. Chaplin goes for more of the easy laughs and uses his facial expressions in many of his films. As Keaton always keeps the same serious blank look which is still funny. The writer says that Keaton is the more realistic one when doing stunts and actually shows that he gets hurt when he's suppose to. Chaplin does stunts where he should show that he is in some sort of pain but doesn't.

4) Keaton's career ended in a very tragic way. He became an alcoholic just like his father and was fired from MGM in 1933. His wife divorced him and took the children, he lost his mansion, and his whole career was in ruin. Later in the 60's, he did some commercials and became a extra in some short films, nothing big.