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Chaplin

 

             The movie Chaplin has one of the best performances by an actor. plays Charlie Chaplin's role as a movie star. Richard Attenborough directed the film in 1992 and produced it, along with Mario Kassar. This one scene in particular, shows a different side to Charlie. Chaplin feels anger, and stands up for him and others.
             In this scene of Chaplin, dialog is widely used. In the beginning Charlie spots a German director speaking in front of an audience of people attending the party. Also Douglas Fairbanks, Chaplin's accomplice, is drunk. One can tell this because of his dialog. For example, when the German director mentions Paramount, Douglas assumes that he is referring to the movie company, which is not true. Afterwards the director is saying how he knows Hitler in person, and what Hitler is doing to his country is for the good of all. Charlie is on looking him and by the tone of Charlie's voice, one can notice Chaplin's anger towards the German director. For example, while watching the director speaking to the audience, Charlie calls the director a fascist f***. There he uses a low tone with anger. He decides to stand up to this German director, and when the director offers to shake his hand, Chaplin refuses and says "I don't shake hands with Nazis". A member of the audience offers condolences to the director, and accuses Chaplin of being Jewish. Chaplin is not Jewish, but decides to stand up for the race by saying he does not have the honor of being Jewish. Then the audience gasps at Charlie, and while Charlie exits the room one woman pulls Charlie's suit, and says "shame on you". This shows how at the time, many of the citizens in US supported Hitler and his doings. .
             Obviously acting is also widely used in the scene. In the beginning, one can tell that Douglas Fairbanks is drunk by the way he is tilting his body side to side. A person can tell that Chaplin is furious of what the director is saying to all the people; by the way he gulps the shot of alcohol, and quickly walks to the director.


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