The Great Dictator: Chaplin’s Act of Artistic Nobility
Adam and Josh discuss Charlie Chaplin’s 1940 satire The Great Dictator, the first film in Filmspotting’s Dissident Cinema Marathon. They explore how comedy becomes a weapon against authoritarian power, the film’s surprising prescience and moral clarity, and the risks Chaplin took by calling out authoritarian power before much of the world was willing to do so.
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