A Woman

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Audience Member 85% In this Chaplin short, the Tramp interferes with a family's day out, and gets into some trouble with the father when he goes after his wife and daughter. A Woman is another short where Charlie is in top form and it's glorious. There are handfuls and handfuls of great gags and jokes here, but the piece' de resistance' is what happens towards the end. Bit of a SPOILER but, all you need to know is three words: CHARLIE.IN.DRAG. Oh, and one more word: HILARITY. Charlie is so funny in drag, and even though it's something that all comedians of the time (and of all time) had done, but you know that Charlie brought his own special brand of brilliance to it. The story is a bit hard to follow, and isn't anything to write home about, but it's pretty amusing. It's not as consistent with the jokes either but the entire experience is a blast. A Woman is just plain funny. There's nothing revolutionary about it, and it still doesn't hold a candle to Charlie's best, but it's definitely one of his funniest and is a wonderful wonderful time. On a side note, that last sentence I wrote got me thinking about the idiom "doesn't hold a candle to." Which, if you didn't know, means that something is incomparable to something else. I was curious about what the origins of it was, so I googled it. I found out that it's a reference to the pre-electricity days when assistants to the wealthy would hold candles for them whenever they did anything. And so, somebody who isn't even fit to hold a candle, isn't worth much. Well, there you go. Hope you enjoyed that. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member Yet another Chaplin short I managed to find on the net. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member Jus like all the other ones. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member It begins with a series of run ins and fights at a local park. Then Charlie goes home with the womanizer's wife and daughter and begins to romance the daughter. When father comes home, Charlie dresses as a woman to be able to spend more time with the girl, and in the process fights off advances from the louse of a father. The real comedy of the film comes in this second half with some inventive gags playing off Charlie as a woman. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member This a good comedy theme always charlie chaplin is the example of comedies for all... i liked this one a lot... what a acting yaa? never been beaten for centuries... Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member As a transvestite, Chaplin is surprisingly convincing. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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