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the scene in the changing room


i just love this scene! i was watching it and i was in total hysterics! buster keaton is such a genious. that was my favorite part in the whole movie.

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I like when the fat guys was like "stay out of my undershirt!"

I laughed for a long time after that.

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Ok that was the best scene and possibly one of the funniest things i've seen.

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i think the funniest scene was when buster kicks the guy into the pool, that was hilarious!

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the parts in the changing room and in the pool are great, i couldnt stop laughin when i realized that he was actually naked, i thought he'd just lost his shirt when he jumped off the trampoline, that must've been so embarassing!!

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What's great -- and what MGM didn't get -- was that moments like that were what Buster did best, totally on-the-fly. He pulled Ed Brophy from the crew, where he was a manager, because he just looked right. They didn't rehearse (though I'm sure they had some discussions about what could happen). And presto! A classic moment that generations would revel in.

As for "The Great Stone Face", he just wasn't a ham like Chaplain. The look on his face when he realizes he's lost his bathing suit is priceless, and the pathos when the cad walks off with Buster's girl is heartbreaking. His devastation is palpable.

Just an amazing actor and director.

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The changing room and pool sequence made me laugh and fall hard for Buster. Still falling!

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Did anyone catch the couple of times he laughed during that scene?

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I love this movie, but I thought it was one of the weakest scene.

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