Wednesday 1 August 2018

General (August)


He is suitable for general audiences. His hat is flat but his routines fall upward. He stares at each job without a smile. But the war has arrived. A Confederate general looks much like a Union general. Their strategies send everyone in the opposite direction. He has a talent for keeping silent. The major General is a locomotive. He fills it full of firewood. Railway tracks are an unparalleled success. The general audience hurtles towards the disaster he averts. He watches, inexpressively. When generals sign surrenders they look august. He walks backwards with a dignity that puts them to shame. 

1 of 10: 'The General' by Buster Keaton (1926)

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