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{{quote|''"He was by his whole style and nature so much the most deeply 'silent' of the silent comedians that even a smile was as deafeningly out of key as a yell...No other comedian could do as much with the dead-pan. He used this great, sad, motionless face to suggest various related things; a one track mind near the track’s end of pure insanity; mulish imperturbability under the wildest of circumstances; how dead a human being can get and still be alive; an awe-inspiring sort of patience and power to endure, proper to granite but uncanny in flesh and blood."''
|'''James Agee''', ''LIFE'' magazine (5 September 1949)}}
{{quote|''"No man can be a genius in slapshoes and a flat hat."''
|'''Buster Keaton'''}}
Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton, Jr. (1895-1966), was the original [[The Stoic|Stoic]], also known as [[Frozen Face|The Great Stone Face]]. Possibly the toughest man in show business history; during one film shoot, he ''broke his neck'' and continued with the day's shooting.
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* [[Adorkable]]: His characters are often sold on their endearing ineptitude. And really, just look at his expression(s).
* [[Affectionate Parody]]
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* [[Under Crank]] (used sparingly)
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* [[Abusive Parents]]: He performed on stage with his parents in vaudeville. Part of their act was a slapstick number where the little boy was beaten and thrown around and off the stage. Keaton kept a straight, expressionless face for the [[Rule of Funny]]. These vaudeville acts greatly influenced his stoic persona throughout his career. Despite the obvious effect his upbringing had on his personality, Keaton never said anything negative about his parents.
** Buster actually got his stage name after falling down a flight of stairs at the age of a few months, getting up unharmed. Harry Houdini (yes, ''that'' [[Harry Houdini]]) said it was "quite a buster," meaning a fall.
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* [[Rule of Three]]
** His father claimed that one eventful day, when Buster was ''three years old'', he:
** He was married three times.
* [[The Stoic]]: The Keatons realized that they got more of a rise out of the audience when Buster didn't smile or laugh during their act, so they taught Buster his famous deadpan.
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* ''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]]'': Buster Keaton played the role of the blind old man Erronius in the screen version. It was one of his last movie roles. He was dying of cancer. He did his own stunts. He was Awesome.
* Several [[Jackie Chan]] movies imitate Keaton's stunts almost shot for shot.
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[[Category:Roger Ebert Great Movies List]]
[[Category:Films of the 1920s]]▼
[[Category:Cult Actor]]
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