Very political


My film teacher pointed out all the political/social issues that the film tackles, and it made me like the movie even more now. It's one thing to be funny, but when you incorporate important messages, then it's a real work of art. Now I know why some people wanted to ban the film back in 1936.

Michael Moore is basically making the same kinds of films, except he's about ten times more brutal.

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Charlie was amazing in the fact that he could get away with so much and it would fly right by the censors. I love how he flipped off the kid in City Lights by pulling the finger off his glove. I bet the censors all missed it.

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Speaking of flying right by the censors, in the scene in the jail mess hall, when all the prisoners have to stand up and march out, the second guy on Charlie's left stands up and does an exaggerated limp wrist move and then puts his hand on his hip and does a sort of Mae West wiggle all the way back to the cell with the rest of the inmates. No social commentary there, eh Charlie?

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he didnt really fly past the censors, modern times was one of his films that lead the HUAC to believe he was involved in communist activity and eventually had him blacklisted in hollywood and refused entry back into the country.

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HUAC was years later, but Chaplin was accused of being a communist, which eventually led to his leaving the US, not to return until given an honorary Academy Award.

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