COMM 150 Lecture Notes - The Great Dictator, Industrialisation, The Big Boss
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Chaplin begins with an ironic commentary on the constitutional ideal of the pursuit of happiness. The factory and machinery dominates the workers. Chaplin"s comedy is based on exaggerating characteristics so as to draw attention to them. Chaplin has human needs (swat a fly, scratch and itch), but when he does, it slows production of. He takes a break to go to the bathroom and smoke, but his boss sees and makes him go back to the factory. work. Chaplin is criticizing the machines in their various forms. Management is always watching and discipling any form of humanity or relaxation. Mechanized voice (the big boss) barks orders . The machine is designed to streamline the most human thing in the comedies, eating. Most of the tramp"s motivation comes from hunger. It"s sold for it"s efficiency, not for humanity. Scene where they are in the prison and the drink the tea that makes their stomachs make weird noises.
