โBuster doesnโt wear his heart on his sleeve does not mean that he doesnโt have one. Acting both through and around his deadpan, he knew how to let the audience figure out what he was trying to hide.
In The Haunted House, when a woman comes into the bank where he works and exerts her wiles to seduce him into opening the time-lock safe early for her, his face remains as set as granite, but every time he shakes his head in refusal we know exactly how much his resolve has weakened. Here the stone face hilariously counterpoints a spine of jell-o.โ
- Buster Keaton: The Persistence of Comedy by Imogen Sara Smith
