Charlie Chaplin The Speech
Charlie Chaplin directed, produced, and starred in the film “The Great Dictator” in 1940. The film was considered by most a propaganda film that showed through comic satire that those that were against us as a country were incapable, untrustworthy cowards. The idea was to create something that would lead the audience to those same conclusions. The speech included in the film became an iconic proclamation of our own issues in the United States at the time.
In the film, Charlie Chaplin plays the role of a Jewish barber suffering from amnesia who was hospitalized after War World II. Upon the barber’s self-removal from the institution, the barber had no idea about the state of the world. He finds out that he in fact is the doppelganger to the current dictator, Adenoid Hynkel. In this fiction, Adenoid Hynkel resembles Hitler in his fascist beliefs and attitude toward the Jews, with a thirst to become the ruler of …show more content…
He begins to talk about the real issues that we faced in the United States in 1940 on the verge of war with Germany. The passionate cry of a man to his fellow people to rise above what separates us. Chaplin tells everyone listening to avoid giving your soul to those that will use it for evil and your body to fuel a larger machine. Through his speech, he is making an powerful argument for equality. Chaplin is speaking to a vast audience including America and other English speaking countries. The film was created during the golden age of Hollywood when it was still more popular than television. He took advantage of his opportunity to have so many listening to his message. He used his first full sound piece to tell 85 million people about his anti-fascist beliefs and his distaste for the isolationism that had prevented the United States from going to war with Germany. Chaplin issued a call to arms to fight those that had taken away the liberty of so
Charlie Chaplin directed, produced, and starred in the film “The Great Dictator” in 1940. The film was considered by most a propaganda film that showed through comic satire that those that were against us as a country were incapable, untrustworthy cowards. The idea was to create something that would lead the audience to those same conclusions. The speech included in the film became an iconic proclamation of our own issues in the United States at the time.
In the film, Charlie Chaplin plays the role of a Jewish barber suffering from amnesia who was hospitalized after War World II. Upon the barber’s self-removal from the institution, the barber had no idea about the state of the world. He finds out that he in fact is the doppelganger to the current dictator, Adenoid Hynkel. In this fiction, Adenoid Hynkel resembles Hitler in his fascist beliefs and attitude toward the Jews, with a thirst to become the ruler of …show more content…
He begins to talk about the real issues that we faced in the United States in 1940 on the verge of war with Germany. The passionate cry of a man to his fellow people to rise above what separates us. Chaplin tells everyone listening to avoid giving your soul to those that will use it for evil and your body to fuel a larger machine. Through his speech, he is making an powerful argument for equality. Chaplin is speaking to a vast audience including America and other English speaking countries. The film was created during the golden age of Hollywood when it was still more popular than television. He took advantage of his opportunity to have so many listening to his message. He used his first full sound piece to tell 85 million people about his anti-fascist beliefs and his distaste for the isolationism that had prevented the United States from going to war with Germany. Chaplin issued a call to arms to fight those that had taken away the liberty of so