Cami stages an explosive encounter between Charlot and the Kaiser, turning imperial swagger into slapstick. The Tramp—balanced on a chair and armed with an oversized mallet—brings it down on the Kaiser’s spiked helmet with comic precision. The cartoon’s theatrical costumes and outsized props mock wartime pomposity, showing how performance and power often collapse into farce.
A sharp example of Cami’s 1917 satire, where humor doubles as critique.
Cami stages an explosive encounter between Charlot and the Kaiser, turning imperial swagger into slapstick. The Tramp—balanced on a chair and armed with an oversized mallet—brings it down on the Kaiser’s spiked helmet with comic precision. The cartoon’s theatrical costumes and outsized props mock wartime pomposity, showing how performance and power often collapse into farce.
A sharp example of Cami’s 1917 satire, where humor doubles as critique.
