Chaplins

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…of the streets. This is because he is a self made Flaneur. A man who came from the working class and strived to become a member of the affluent upper classes. It is for this reason that his mechanical comic rhythm and style seem so authentically to come from the crowded city. It is also the reason why the Flaneurs fear of this bustling, faceless mass and his need to escape it pervade his film.