Word: buffooned
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...also declared: "In the eyes of the world, Charles Chaplin is a buffoon, but he is not really a buffoon. He has lived in the sickly, sentimental atmosphere of Hollywood, yet apparently cherishes the desire to do something really big. He wants to give the world a picture of The Savior. Yet the World says: 'No.' If a bishop wanted to do it, all right; but a comedian? No! Possibly Mr. Chaplin could see some quality in Jesus that the bishops cannot see. Mary Magdalen saw qualities in Jesus that Peter missed...