Trinity Rhein Essay #1 Modern Times People have been trying to attach social significance to Chaplin's work "Modern Times." Chaplin says that he has no intention to do such things, he just wants to entertain. The movie, "Modern Time," is about living in the great depression and seems to represent the attitudes of the time. It seems the movie shows that Chaplin has some views and feelings on the great depression but overall it seems to …
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…to show views on the times. To understand why he made it, the viewer has to look at it through the eyes of someone living in those times. Today's views are all about the political significance and Chaplin's view of what is to come when really in fact, all Chaplin was trying to do was make the hard times seem bearable. -Works Cited- Modern Times. Written, directed, and produced by Charlie Chaplin. DVD. Warner HomeDVD. 1936.