Modern Times
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Submitted by Nyuupara on 06/30/2008 05:21 PM
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Modern Times
The famous pie in the face' joke had to have originated somewhere. So many people laugh at the joke from years ago' in an old movie of an unknown origin, but really, who was the first one to discover the comic humor of splattering pastry? It was Charlie Chaplin, triple threat director, actor writer and creator of the mischievous Little Tramp, who emphasizes his comical humor in various ways, including satire, hyperboles and tons of slapsticks.
One technique used in Modern times is satire, which is a clever method used to mock a person or society, without directly pointing things out. The world, in some ways, can be a façade. Society has run from the real truth and people have forgotten how misleading an even a person's title can be. Hidden within Chaplin's Modern Times, the lost truth is revealed. Realistically, all people are the same and equal, and during the scene in the jailhouse, where the Little Tramp is seated beside the Minister's wife, one may realize this. When the worker gets dragged into the machine at work, it is wordlessly explained that technology can be troublesome and can create problems. Chaplin also introduces the droning redundantness of some jobs and how the drain people, when he exhibits the jerky erratic arm movements of the Little Tramp after working long hours. The Little Tramp heads to the washroom momentarily to take a smoke, when his boss catches him and demands he get back to work. His boss, of course, never actually does anything efficient himself, apart from making puzzles.
Exaggeration is one of Chaplin's most powerful weapons. His whole character, the Little Tramp, is a huge contradiction in himself. He wears big baggy pants, a tight little hat, and a shirt that's too small. He also has floppy ridiculous shoes, and he waddles when he walks. The Little Tramp is a huge hyperbole in the eyes of the audience, and relates to no one and everyone at the same time. The feeding machine in Modern Times,...
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