The great god Pan : a biography of the tramp played by Charles Chaplin (1952)

Record Details:

Title:
The great god Pan : a biography of the tramp played by Charles Chaplin
Date:
1952
Publisher:
New York : Hermitage House
Volume:
The great god Pan : a biography of the tramp played by Charles Chaplin
Leaf #:
000247
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Motion pictures--Biography
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 28, 2024
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THE FROZEN HILLS 205 That there is a geometry to comedy Chaplin proved in The Gold Rush. It is not so certain that there is a corresponding algebra, though one day in Paris Chaplin attempted to explain the algebra of comedy to his friend Cami. At the time they were trapped in an elevator, and Cami's account of the algebra may have been subtly affected by the experience of being trapped with Chaplin. As Cami explained Chaplin's theory, it went like this: Let X be the laughter you are attempting to raise, and Y be the means at your disposal. Then: 100 X + Y 20 = X Y By addition we obtain: 100 + 20 = X + Y + X Y Now represent the derby by D, the mustache by M, the boots by B, the facial expression by F. Then it follows immediately: D + M= B + F + Y But: Also: But: Therefore a + b = 2X a + Y=a+D + M + B + Y X = 40 a + b = 80. Q.E.D. Such were the conclusions of Chaplin's algebra. They are no worse than the conclusions which Karl Marx reached in his study of the differential calculus,** and the magnificent • La Passion de Charlie Chaplin, by Edouard Raymond, Paris, 1929, p. 107. •* On Karl Marx's knowledge of the differential calculus, see Edmund Wilson, To the Finland Station, Appendix Ii.