The Tramp also finds himself dealing with various authority figures during his exploits: a ""Big Brother"" factory boss, a minister, juvenile child-care authorities, a sheriff, a shipyard foreman, a department store manager, etc.Evil""s plan was to blackmail the royal family of Britain ("the wealthiest landowners in the world") by fabricating a story that Prince Charles had an affair outside his marriage and was forced to divorce (an event that had already occurred, making it unfeasable).He modestly told the students he was lucky and always had help, and that "facing this stuff in real life is not like school.]Melies wrote the whimsical script, acted in the film in the lead role, designed the sets and costumes, directed, photographed, and produced the film! He hired acrobats from the Folies Bergere o play the lunar inhabitants named Selenites, and the scantily dressed assistants (or pages) who launched the cannon were dancers from the Châtelet ballet.