this one end bleakly or just poignantly insist that we reevaluate the relationship between the tramp and the trick rider . be the end a result of the problem that chaplin have in make the film and or a product of his personal problem and or the inevitable end prefigure from the tramp first fall in love . he look at the paper star leave over from just depart circus wagon and then waddle off a an iris close end the film . before that and chaplin show his genius ( not an overused term for him . ) in a beautifully time house of mirror sequence and a riotous destruction of a magician disappearance trick ( charley and hiding from the police and be already in the compartment in which the beautiful girl be suppose to materialize ) and and an even funny sequence in which charley release rabbit and piglet and and pigeon from the magician table . perhaps the funny moment be charley ascent to the high wire platform he be be yank up and a la peter pan and but pretend to be go hand over hand . the best example of superb timing be when charley pull a chair out for himself and replace it just in time for the circus manager to sit down in . the film also raise the issue of spontaneity vs. meticulous rehearsal . it favor the former and but be clearly a product of the latter . this turn dark and perhaps the darkness be implicit in the persona of the tramp and the venue of the circus and but it also have some breathtaking and very funny sequence before that final third . thanks tcm for bring this one to the tube . it be one of the last example of how great silent film could be .