While the Keatons' movie I've watched, Steamboat Bill Jr & General weren't bad, and were somewhat comparable in their slapstick humor to some of the Chaplin's movie.
I wonder though if Keaton ever produced a bold social satire like "Modern Age" and "Great Dictator", or he mainly worked with the light stuff, never touching sharp corners (like pitfalls of capitalism and Nazism) in his movies ?
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I agree with you. I feel Keaton was more involved with his craft and creating the types of movies he wanted rather than getting wrapped up in trying to say something. But I do believe that both Chaplin and Keaton are geniuses in their own right.
"We're all in it together, kid." ~ Harry Tuttle (Brazil)
I believe that Keaton did not achieve levels of sound social commentary in his work compared to the films Chaplin created. Much as Jackie Chan has not achieved serious historical drama in his work to the extent that Daniel Day Lewis has. But then, both of the former never tried to do what both of the latter did.............
Hmm.
Keaton had no.interest in politics.
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