Question

As mentioned in the NPR article, this scene from Charlie Chaplin's 1936 iconic film "Modern Times" depicts Chaplin's "Little Tramp" character dreaming of a better life. What makes this dream sequence a comedy? What message does the scene's use of absurdity convey?

Answer 1

What makes the scene a comedy are the cartoonish and exaggerated events that take place in it.

What are the topics covered in "Modern Times?"

• Dehumanization.
• Modernity.
• Industrialization.
• Urbanization.
• Poverty.

In the scene quoted in the question, Little Tramp (Charlie chaplin) dreams of having a nice, furnished house. In this house, he has plenty of food and the plants go to his window to bring fruit, as well as a cow walks to his door and provides milk, without him having to milk it.

The scene is exaggerated and caricatured and conveys the message of how people with resources lived easily, as the poorest workers provided everything they needed like fruit and milk.

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