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LESSON 2 · Why Genres Make You Feel

PAUSE TO THINK

How close was the house facade to hitting Buster Keaton?

About two inches

During the famous house-front gag in **Steamboat Bill Jr.** (1928), the window frame cleared Keaton by roughly **two inches** on each side. If Keaton had been standing even slightly off his mark, he would have been killed.

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