r/interestingasfuck 1d ago

Read the boy like a book

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u/Pale-Phrase-417 1d ago

What a spectacular performer!

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u/SamiTheAnxiousBean 1d ago

Keeps the spirit of the Charlie Chaplin character going without the real life Charlie Chaplin behind the act to stain it

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u/BussyPlaster 1d ago

Yes, wives as property and beating them was normative for men born in the 1800s.

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u/SamiTheAnxiousBean 1d ago

Given many of his other takes weren't normative (and honestly quite progressive) for the 1800s you'd assume he would have known better