The comic archetype of the Little Man-a "nobody" who stands up to
unfairness-is central to the films of Woody Allen and Charlie
Chaplin. Portraying the alienation of life in an indifferent world
with a mix of pathos, irony and slapstick, both adopted absurdist
characters-Chaplin's bumbling yet clever Tramp with his shabby
clothes, and Allen's Fool with his silly witticisms and proclivity
to fall in love too quickly. Both men were auteurs who managed to
retain creative control of their work and achieve worldwide
popularity. Both shared an attraction to young women. Drawing on
psychoanalysis and gender-studies, this book explores their films
as barometers of their respective cultural moments, marking the
shift between modernism and postmodernism.
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