Bercovici claimed that he had created ideas such as Chaplin playing a dictator and a dance with a globe, and that Chaplin had discussed his five-page outline for a screenplay with him for several hours.
Lutz Peter Koepnick je o tem zapisal:== Tožba ==Chaplinov polbrat Sydney je režiral in odigral glavno vlogo v filmu "King, Queen, Joker" iz leta 1921, v katerem je, kot Chaplin, odigral dvojno vlogo brivca in državnika, ki ga strmoglavijo.