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Where do you find your writing inspiration /lit/?

I find myself heavily influenced by comedy, especially the comedians from Black and White Era. Like Laurel & Hardy, Marx Brothers and most notably Chaplin. I don't know what it is from that era, except to say that for me dialog has more to do with body language even if it is not explicitly written or said.

Even in those old black and white movies nothing was explicitly said, but entirely through body language you knew what they were saying.

I don't know what you guys use for inspiration, I just thought I would share. I think I'm going to go re-read Chaplin's Autobiography which is great by the way. Good night.

>> No.1378318

You know, I saw a thread awhile back about autobiographies and realized the only one I've read is Frederick Douglass' (which I did enjoy), and this looks like one I would be interested in. Thanks OP.

>> No.1378337

>>1378318
The saddest thing about the book is that you can tell that he loved America, but he was forced to migrate to Europe due to McCarthy era politics. He was still a patriot and even though having his American citizenship revoked be bought war bounds and gave a lot of his wealth away to charities.

You know the whole Modern Times being a satire on industrial society, that got him in a lot of trouble in America. At one point not mentioned in the book he got his citizenship revoked permanently by J. Edgar Hoover.

It's a great book. Early days of Hollywood were a weird time for sure.

>> No.1378357

Chaplin was awesome. I love his response in his hearing about whether he was a communist sympathizer.

"I'm not a communist agitator, I am an agitator for peace."

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Jon Stewart totally looks like Charlie Chaplin.

>> No.1378365

This book sounds phenomenal.

>> No.1378373

>>1378362
not really

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>>1378362
Cannot be unseen.

>> No.1378415

>>1378362

Kevin Kline comes to my mind.

>> No.1379494

bump for today

>> No.1379519

Chaplin sounds like a cool dude, to bad that book isn't up on kindle store.

>> No.1379532

>>1378389

I never understand why people are so fascinated by this picture, so what if two white english people share similar DNA?

>> No.1379544

>>1379532

>White.
>English.

Decline of Western Civ, yo.