Adam and Josh discuss Charlie Chaplin’s 1940 satire The Great Dictator, the first film in Filmspotting’s Dissident Cinema Marathon. They explore how comedy becomes a weapon against fascism, the film’s surprising prescience and moral clarity, and the risks Chaplin took by calling out authoritarian power before much of the world was willing to do so.

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Adam and Josh discuss Charlie Chaplin&rsquo;s 1940 satire The Great Dictator, the first film in Filmspotting&rsquo;s Dissident Cinema Marathon. They explore how comedy becomes a weapon against fascism, the film&rsquo;s surprising prescience and moral clarity, and the risks Chaplin took by calling out authoritarian power before much of the world was willing to do so.
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The Great Dictator: Chaplin’s Act of Artistic Nobility

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