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Back when comedy films were first shown at the Pictures, (Laurel and Hardy, Charlie Chaplin, etc.) was there a certain etiquette as to what could be laughed at? Would they have laughed at certain things back then that we wouldn't now, or vice versa?

by /u/poshjosh1999 in /r/AskHistorians

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