Chaplin and Cantinflas get serious. The final speeches of The great dictator and Su excelencia
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https://doi.org/10.24310/Fotocinema.2018.v0i17.5118Keywords:
Charles Chaplin, Cantinflas, The Great Dictator, Su Excelencia, Comedy, Political Satire, ParodyAbstract
In The Great Dictator (1940) and Su Excelencia (1966), Charles Chaplin and Mario Moreno, Cantinflas, respectively, satirize the desire of power of leaders of great Nations. The first denounces the Europe of fascisms, especially the nazi Germany; and the second, the world of the Cold War, fundamentally the two superpowers of the time: the US and the USSR. Despite its comic nature, the two films end with two quite serious speeches in which their protagonists make a similar appeal in favor of freedom, peace and the brotherhood of all men. This article delves into the similarities of the two allegations, which are based on the same situation: a common citizen temporarily become a great political leader –by confusion or some bizarre circumstances–, who will have to make a serious decision of which depend on the fate of humanity.
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