Busting the Buster Myth: To Buster Keaton, Comedy was a Laughing Matter
2 min readJan 30, 2019
Few would disagree that Buster Keaton (1895- 1966) was one of America’s greatest comedians of the silent film era: the fast-paced slapstick in all his movies was ingeniously hilarious, in sharp contrast with a sad-looking expression that earned him the nickname of “The Great Stone face.”
