It was physical and felicitious. Evocative, precious, and original. In a contemporary world of flash and spasm, of color and special effect, of technique and machinery, the wonders of silent comedy may be lost and forgotten forever. Wit and style has been replaced by dumbing down. If Chaplin or Keaton had gotten caught in their zippers, they would have escaped by using incredible ingenuity.
Contemporary comedy is caught in their zippers.
Chaplin and Keaton do not have to be digitially altered to be incredible. They were the most creative and human of comics. Charlie Chaplin did not appear in the top 20. Chaplin's The Gold Rush was 25th. They hadn't seen them.