DETAILED NOTES ON CHARLIE CHAPLIN'S "THE CIRCUS" (1928)

) In addition, the film brings in one of many stereotypes we see a good deal in circus films: criminal offense. When we very first meet The Tiny Tramp, he’s seeing a sideshow with a large crowd although a man beside him picks the pocket of the rich spectator, then attempts to toss the blame on Chaplin by quickly shifting the wallet he stole to th