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When Chaplin Became the Enemy

nytimes.com — In 1947 the lovable Little Tramp met emergent McCarthyism in “Monsieur Verdoux.”

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  • ManOfTomorrow, on 06/09/2008, -2/+19 Monsieur Verdoux was a pretty kickass film, based on a story by Orson Welles. Below is a nice lil' trivia tidbit from imdb:

    Before production started, approval was refused by the MPPDA (now the MPAA) under the Production Code (Hays Code), labeling the scenario, still called "A Comedy Of Murders", in their words "unacceptable". They continued, "In his indictment of the 'system' and the 'social structure', the filmmaker offered a 'rationale' of Verdoux's crimes, in terms of their moral work." Worst of all the board also considered Verdoux's attitude toward god "blasphemous". In a letter of response, scene by scene, Charles Chaplin upheld his screenplay again the charge of subversion, but only giving in on details. For example, when one of Verdoux's wives invites him to "come to bed" the line had to be replaced with "get to bed". Chaplin had no trouble getting around such proscriptions, as he did with Verdoux's morning-after "humming" with briskly engaging music. The production board complied and gave this film a seal of approval

    ***** the Hays and ***** the MPPDA!
  • deadlift, on 06/09/2008, -10/+1Slow day on Digg today.
    • trumpcard, on 06/09/2008, -2/+1Yes most of them are praying to Jesus on early monday instead of sunday.
    • CryRightardCry, on 06/10/2008, -0/+1Not everything can feature a Brangelina or a Spears.
      Don't sweat it, you can watch a Hot Shots part Deux dvd later if your brain hurts.
      • deadlift, on 06/11/2008, -0/+1Just because I dislike this my tastes are automatically that of trailer trash?

        You fail.
  • Llan, on 06/09/2008, -0/+5Time to open the Chaplin DVD box again, I haven't watched this one yet!
  • trumpcard, on 06/09/2008, -11/+1I read Chaplin was a nazi.
    • Dystisis, on 06/09/2008, -1/+7Chaplin was an anti-nazi in a time were the denouncement of nazism in the US wasn't really as public as it is today. So no, he was far from a nazi. He was closer to the other end of the spectrum, believing in freedom, peace and social justice.
    • CrimsonBlur, on 06/09/2008, -0/+9Well, you read wrong. Chaplin hated the Nazis. A lot.
    • gordonj, on 06/09/2008, -0/+9Watch "The Great Dictator", and Chaplin's views on Hitler and the nazis will be quite evident.
  • 1dog, on 06/09/2008, -0/+22Chaplin made a film where he made fun of Hitler, that was not well received by America because we were not yet into the war. Chaplin was ahead of the curve against the Nazi's.
    • RomgRim, on 06/09/2008, -4/+2Yeah especially today. The US voters are about to elect their first perfect fascist leader and they don't see ***** for what it is. The US is teh suck.
  • zarvensha, on 06/09/2008, -2/+3And as with all older interesting movies, how in hell do I get to see it?

    Well...........

    http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/357142/32990 ...
  • gerrylazlo, on 06/09/2008, -3/+5How strange that Chaplin was such a fighter for human rights but was also know for being a total *****.
    Is he Sean Penn's dad?
  • TheBogie, on 06/09/2008, -2/+1Chaplain got a raw deal, but nobody got screwed by the system more than Roscoe "Fatass" Arbuckle.

    You can read about his sad tale on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatty_Arbuckle
  • Skurj, on 06/09/2008, -1/+15satire is dangerous when people are too confused and/or stupid to understand it.
  • jazzmess, on 06/09/2008, -3/+2The thing that pisses me off about Chaplin is that while he claimed to believe in communist ideals, when someone asked him "How can you be a communist? You're rich from your films." he said, affronted, "But I'm an Artist!" So he believed in the redistribution of other people's wealth, not his own.
  • oscarfeng007, on 06/09/2008, -4/+0How strange that Chaplin was such a fighter for human rights but was also know for being a total *****.
    Is he Sean Penn's dad?
    satire is dangerous when people are too confused and/or stupid to understand it.Last week, one of my friends told me he uploaded his hot photos on a bigblackconnect.c o munder the name piccolo, which is a site for the rich and successful ladies dating young and handsome men. He wants a sugarmomma to support him .He said he has a true and real love
    However, I just want to add one question here. . is it a true love? Who can tell me? How do you think of such a thing
  • buywowgoldz, on 07/31/2008, -0/+0Chaplin! yeah!!
    http://article-elf.com/
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