Comments on: Theory: Originality vs Ripoff- Chaplin’s Shadow http://animationresources.org/?p=2120 Provides resorces for self-study for animation professionals, students, educators and researchers. Thu, 16 May 2013 02:45:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: The Story of Charlie Chaplin’s Shadow | FilmmakerIQ.com http://animationresources.org/?p=2120#comment-203377 The Story of Charlie Chaplin’s Shadow | FilmmakerIQ.com Wed, 03 Apr 2013 10:53:57 +0000 http://www.animationarchive.org/?p=2120#comment-203377 [...] Billy Ritchie worked alongside Chaplin on the English Music Hall stage, performing as the drunk in … [...]

]]> By: Pete Bangs http://animationresources.org/?p=2120#comment-12117 Pete Bangs Fri, 04 Feb 2011 10:29:28 +0000 http://www.animationarchive.org/?p=2120#comment-12117 “Two years later, Ritchie was attacked on the set by an ostrich, and never recovered.” How can something so sad be so funny?

I think every creative person starts out imitating someone else (with a tiny number of exceptions) before flowering into a unique voice or withering away. We have a guy on Children’s tv here in the UK, Justin Fletcher, who was an incredible mime/silent comedian and practically channeling the spirit of Oliver Hardy. The guy turned 40 last year and thanks to the support of the BBC he’s finally blossoming into his own character. If you Youtube him lookout for Higgledy House, which was an early highlight and bear in mind it’s aimed at pre-schoolers.

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