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The Great Dictator: What Else is There to Say?

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|Brad Bellatti| For the better part of 15 years, the above image of Chaplin has bothered me. No matter how many times I watch this sequence, the finale of Charlie Chaplin’s The Great Dictator (1940) shakes me up. I’ve tried many times to find the right words to express this sentiment… Continue reading

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Charlie Chaplin’s Renegade Anti-Fascism in The Great Dictator

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|Ed Dykhuizen| During the first half of the twentieth century, there was no bigger star than Charlie Chaplin. At a very young age he rose from English music halls to American comedy shorts. His defining character The Little Tramp debuted in only his second film, the 1914 Keystone… Continue reading