Chaplin's War Trilogy

An Evolving Lens in Three Dark Comedies, 1918-1947

Nonfiction, Entertainment, Performing Arts, Film, History, Military
Cover of the book Chaplin's War Trilogy by Wes D. Gehring, McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
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Author: Wes D. Gehring ISBN: 9781476616308
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Publication: September 17, 2014
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Wes D. Gehring
ISBN: 9781476616308
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication: September 17, 2014
Imprint:
Language: English

The book examines Charlie Chaplin’s evolving perspective on dark comedy in his three war films, Shoulder Arms (1918), The Great Dictator (1940), and Monsieur Verdoux (1947). In the first he uses the genre in a groundbreaking manner but yet for a pro-war cause. In Dictator dark comedy is applied in an antiwar way. In Monsieur Verdoux Chaplin embraces the genre as an individual in defense against a society out to destroy him. All three are pivotal films in the development of the genre in film, with the latter two movies being very controversial for their time.

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The book examines Charlie Chaplin’s evolving perspective on dark comedy in his three war films, Shoulder Arms (1918), The Great Dictator (1940), and Monsieur Verdoux (1947). In the first he uses the genre in a groundbreaking manner but yet for a pro-war cause. In Dictator dark comedy is applied in an antiwar way. In Monsieur Verdoux Chaplin embraces the genre as an individual in defense against a society out to destroy him. All three are pivotal films in the development of the genre in film, with the latter two movies being very controversial for their time.

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