In the film Silent Movie , the irony of the joke is that Marceau says `` non '' , which is a french word identical to the English word `` no '' both in meaning and pronunciation .
`` The irony of the joke is that Marceau , a famous mime artist , doing comedy without speaking , speaks out-loud the only time in the film ( and that French `` '' non '' '' is virtually identical in meaning and pronunciation to English `` '' no '' '' ) .  ''
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