https://padlet.com/runyonzhang/AAAcharlie How Charlie Chaplin was a master of art activism en-us 2018-10-17 19:16:38 UTC 2026-02-09 05:36:13 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Terminator.png runyonzhang https://padlet.com/runyonzhang/AAAcharlie/wish/296509312 Charlie Chaplin born in London, British in 1889. He had an unfortunate childhood; His family was poor and he lost his parents when he was young. Young Charlie found himself to be an children actor for living. By nonstop learning and practicing, he finally became to a popular comedian.]]> 2018-10-24 15:30:45 UTC https://padlet.com/runyonzhang/AAAcharlie/wish/296509312 runyonzhang https://padlet.com/runyonzhang/AAAcharlie/wish/296554556 Charlie Chaplin moved to United States of America during World War One. After that, he made many popular films such as A Dog's Life and City Lights. But almost all of these films are about poor man's life, nothing political until Hitler and his Nazi Germany started World War Two in Europe. He decided to make a film, The Great Dictator, in order to awake America which still stayed out of the war only because of the Atlantic Ocean lies between them.]]> 2018-10-24 16:39:42 UTC https://padlet.com/runyonzhang/AAAcharlie/wish/296554556 runyonzhang https://padlet.com/runyonzhang/AAAcharlie/wish/296566805 Charlie knew that Hitler will conquer the whole world after he captured entire Europe. He knew every conquerors in the history had the same ambition and he must tell everyone who can watch his film that Hitler was such a dangerous man. ]]> 2018-10-24 16:59:03 UTC https://padlet.com/runyonzhang/AAAcharlie/wish/296566805 runyonzhang https://padlet.com/runyonzhang/AAAcharlie/wish/296578230 Therefore, in The Great Dictator Charlie had 3 main ways to represent how evil was Hitler and his Nazi agenda. First way is comparison. For example, there are many scenes that compared how peaceful was a small European town was before war and how town residents hiding for life after conquered by German. ]]> 2018-10-24 17:16:05 UTC https://padlet.com/runyonzhang/AAAcharlie/wish/296578230 runyonzhang https://padlet.com/runyonzhang/AAAcharlie/wish/296594303 The second way Charlie shown how Hitler was a crazy man was a dance by dressing up like him. Just like any dictator, Charlie's dance clearly shown how frivolous Hitler was when he playing the balloon which had the earth pattern on it. In other words, Hitler wasn't a man who cared about the entire world but himself]]> 2018-10-24 17:41:16 UTC https://padlet.com/runyonzhang/AAAcharlie/wish/296594303 runyonzhang https://padlet.com/runyonzhang/AAAcharlie/wish/296716359 No doubt both real life Hitler's and Charlie film's Hitler's speeches are full of passion, the only difference was real life Hitler's speech was about agitate Germany start a war to the world and Charlie's was about awaken people to realize how wrong Hitler was.
"Then - in the name of democracy - let us use that power - let us all unite. Let us fight for a new world - a decent world that will give men a chance to work - that will give youth a future and old age a security. By the promise of these things, brutes have risen to power. But they lie! They do not fulfill that promise. They never will!"
Feel, vision and language were Charlie's three ways to tell the world why it is necessary to overcome the Nazi Germany in The Great Dictator.]]> 2018-10-24 23:18:59 UTC https://padlet.com/runyonzhang/AAAcharlie/wish/296716359 runyonzhang https://padlet.com/runyonzhang/AAAcharlie/wish/296718896 The Great Dictator was published on 1940, right before the U.S. joined World War Two. At that time most of the American people still believe that Axis will not effect America any time soon. Viewers divided into two sides: one side believed that American shouldn't just look on and do nothing, the other side simply think Charlie has gone "red" - a communist. Since then Charlie's social image has gone worse. But Charlie believed he did nothing wrong and he will continue do his part to fight the Axis. ]]> 2018-10-24 23:36:11 UTC https://padlet.com/runyonzhang/AAAcharlie/wish/296718896 runyonzhang https://padlet.com/runyonzhang/AAAcharlie/wish/296720348 1. Chaplin, Charlie (1964). My Autobiography. p. 392. Had I known of the actual horrors of the German concentration camps, I could not have made The Great Dictator, I could not have made fun of the homicidal insanity of the Nazis.
2. Branagh, Kenneth (Narrator). Chaplin and Hitler: The Tramp and the Dictator. BBC. 2002.
3. Mark Bourne. "The Great Dictator:The Chaplin Collection". DVD Journal. Retrieved December 31, 2010.]]> 2018-10-24 23:47:42 UTC https://padlet.com/runyonzhang/AAAcharlie/wish/296720348