The character of Charlie the little man, the baggy - trousered bowler - hatted tramp, can be seen evolving behind the surface gagging , the energetic slapstick of the day.
Stuart Bracton issued in 1906 a short film, he farceur made before the blackboard in a funny, funny face, and then shot them, then a row of display them.
“Their hearts must be husks, ” he sneered inwardly, as he observed the antics of the young parents around him, “shrivelled by the demands of these mewling offspring! ”
The worst thing that happens with comedians is people always want them to be funny in pictures, and they just, you know, what does that mean to be funny?