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Modern Times (w/ Pedro Ángel Rivera Muñoz)

Movies vs. Capitalism

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Chaplin's Gandalf in the Film

In the film, Chaplin's gags are really narrative devices to that detonate as he releases them. Even though he does not ever in the film, you see direct use of the term capitalism. He doesn't use the term communists. This is 1936. This is the peak of the Communist Party in the U.S. As a party. The main leader, Browder, sat with the president with FDR. Yeah, to discuss issues.

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