Review of The Count

The Count (1916)
8/10
A surrealist comedy of manners
14 November 2015
Warning: Spoilers
This is a somewhat surrealist comedy of manners. What if the most nonsense tailor, after having been fired, pretends to be a rich count in a fancy party, stealing the place of his ex-boss (Eric Campbell)? They both are interested in the same woman, who is predictably Edna Purviance, in a Popeye-Bluto-OliveOil-type triangle. Very funny and campy short film. It lacks the emotional element of other films from Chaplin, but the gestures of Charlie are hilarious as often. The spectator may expect a lot of action and trouble, which come from the insane behavior of the tramp as a tailor, from the confusions caused by the party crash, the lack of etiquette from the working class guy, the crush for two women in the party, and the rivalry between ex-boss and ex-employee.
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