The movies we have been looking at have the theme of work in common. Tati, Sykes, Barker and indeed Chaplin have well developed attitudes to work. It is an activity best done in moderation. The comics' perception of the workers condition are not just those of individual talents. They are also an expression of members of the working class to conditioning of individual behaviour that was a concomitant part of industrialisation. An example of workers attitudes is given in the Wikipedia article on St. Monday at the link below
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Monday
