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Tag Archives: The Great Dictator
Monsieur Verdoux
Monsieur Verdoux (1947) dir. Charles Chaplin Broadly, there are two types of black comedies. One is black in topic, but has a light and happy tone. Kind Hearts and Coronets, Death at a Funeral and Arsenic and Old Lace are … Continue reading
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Tagged black comedy, Charlie Chaplin, comedy, Marilyn Nash, Monsieur Verdoux, The Great Dictator, TSPDT, World War II
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The Great Dictator: Remembering Hitler Properly
The Apotheosis of Adolf was a project started by the Nazis and continued in the popular imagination by casting him as a malevolent deity. Hitler’s plans for Germany didn’t work out, but his egotistical desire to become a Wagnerian god has.
The real Nazi party was a disorganized mess, and Hitler only achieved the military success he did through luck rather than some sort of genius. Yet popular historiography simply perpetuates the self-glorifying mythos he created. Continue reading
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Tagged Adolf Hitler, Charlie Chaplin, dystopia, dystopias, fascism, film, movies, Nazis, Nazism, parody, satire, The Great Dictator, TSPDT
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