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With all the violence going on in our world today, I believe it's more important than ever that there is no doubt in the viewer's mind that it's all unreal and not injuring others. Otherwise, the humor of the situation will be undermine by feelings of revulsion.

Your post got me to thinking about how much screwball comedies owe to physical comedy in general and slapstick in particular. Those elements often provide the atmosphere of chaos often featured in the genre.

I understand your hesitance to see Charlie as a villain, but that film was made before he truly became the Charlie Chaplain we now know.