After the unfortunate box office for his masterpiece The General, Buster Keaton retreated to a more traditional framework for his followup. College proves to be a fun collection of gags based on Keaton’s ineptness at sports, but feels a bit slight compared to his more accomplished works. That said, we’re still treated to the comedian’s trademark physicality, and it’s interesting to think how robust the college comedy has remained. From Harold Lloyd’s The Freshman (1925) to today’s usual sex-romps, the genre has proven a strong one on which to anchor comedy. Ronald (Buster Keaton) is a studious young man who
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