LINK The Great Dictator Speech - Charlie Chaplin
I think about this speech from The Great Dictator by Charlie Chaplin a lot, especially lately. It's painful, to me, how relevant it still is. It moves me, and raises courage in me to keep fighting for the justice I know in my heart to be right.
I wish more people were moved to change their hatred and bigotry and hypocrisy by beautiful and heartfelt speeches. I wish it really were so simple to change someone's heart and beliefs without fighting, but with passion and truth.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.That scene resonates with me too. Especially if I’m listening to Paulo Nutini “Iron Sky@. Gets me everytime. It does inspire.
Traffordsj
Level 2
June 30, 2018
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I love this scene. One of the best theatrical ever. A speech of hope, of what we could be, what we should have been. Unfortunately about half of the US, who is now running the county, made the opposite chose. We have chosen to hate, to fear, to make scape goats, to blame others for our problems, to make racial bigotry acceptable, to willfully deny facts and science and to make ideology and party more important than county and unity and morality. I hope it passes but I don’t think that it will until the other 51% of the county decides they have had enough and are willing to do something a about it.
LibrePenseur
Level 7
June 23, 2018
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Too reminiscent of the beast Hitler. He should have been forced to walk into his own gas chamber and cremated just like the 6 million Jews and Gypsies he murdered.
sassygirl3869
Level 9
June 23, 2018
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Charlie Chaplin was more of a Democratic Socialist. That's why he had so much trouble in this country. His film "the Great Dictator" hit it all right on the head as to how Hitler could be and could come to power. The problem was that this came out of conservatism and the powers in America were very much conservative. Chaplin also liked much younger women, so that did it. This Chaplin guy might be a communist! God forbid.
DenoPenno
Level 9
June 23, 2018
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I fear for my homeland.
bigpawbullets
Level 9
June 23, 2018
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I do too. It's scary what is happening
Oh wow. I had forgotten about this. Thank you so much for the reminder. Shared on FB.
kmdskit3
Level 8
June 23, 2018
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I'm glad. It's such a beautiful speech I hope everyone shares
Yes this is the speech that made me realize "This guy is not just a comic.".
RavenCT
Level 9
June 23, 2018
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Lol same.
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