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On this day, 15 Oct 1940 Charlie Chaplin's first talkie The Great Dictator debuted in New York (while the US was still formally at peace with Nazi Germany). (files.mastodon.social)
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The antifascist film ends with this impassioned speech to the audience opposing all forms of oppression.

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[–] TheRealLinga 27 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Charlie Chaplin was quite the guy. Did his own stunts, spoke out against fascism.. cool beans

[–] trollercoaster 21 points 4 months ago

Fun fact: Chaplin had to finance the film himself, because nobody in the US film industry wanted to fund it in order to not anger the Nazis and potentially lose the lucrative German market.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago

It’s an excellent speech. I highly recommend a watch if you haven’t heard it.

https://youtu.be/J7GY1Xg6X20

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

[off topic]

Captain America #1 showed Cap punching Hitler. It came out before Pearl Harbor, and the artist, Jack Kirby, was threatened by local Nazi sympathizers.

https://www.snopes.com/news/2017/01/24/captain-americas-co-creator-punch-nazis/

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

threatened by local Nazi sympathizers.

That's kind of their thing.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago

I remember a time when hating Nazis was considered a prerequisite for being an American.