Modern Times (1936): How Can A Film This Old Be This Maddeningly Relevant?!

Ben & Rob rage against the machines for the second episode of their Charlie Chaplin series with the incomparable ‘Modern Times’. Released to critical and commercial acclaim in 1936, this was Chaplin’s first ‘talkie’ whilst also arguably the very last movie of the silent era. Confused yet? Well hold onto your bowler hat; this rabbit hole only gets deeper with ‘Modern Times’ being key evidence leading to Chaplin’s eventual exile from the United States!

Starring Charlie Chaplin in his last appearance as The Tramp, can his trademark character survive in the new mechanised capitalist hellscape that was post Depression America? How many arrests can you feature in one film before it starts to feel like he deserves to be in prison? And perhaps Charlie Chaplin DID deserve it after all, given his conduct with his female co-stars… IS CHARLIE CHAPLIN CANCELLED?!

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