New York King

Magnus 2022-06-08 22:36:01

No longer deduces the pathetic wanderer, no longer have those two iconic little beards, no longer mute and only use quick actions to fight against authority, and even, no more ridiculous living conditions, but wear them The emperor's clothing.

But he is still the uncle Zhuo we are familiar with. Even though, he no longer has his iconic attire in silent films, even though, he speaks, even as the emperor's noble status. He is still the one who is not an authority, resists absurdity and modernization, sincerely and lovably performs Chaplin.

This New York king, although he is a royal family, is a king in exile. Although there is a nuclear bomb project, it is just an empty shell. Although he was full of self-esteem, he had to make an advertisement because of the embarrassment, and suffered from flesh and blood. This is the noble status that the people of the world think of. Such an status is not so much above 10,000 people as it is a burden, not so much as a vagrancy with no name.

In the United States where McCarthyism prevails, the media is rampant, and hidden cameras and monitors are everywhere, there is no freedom of speech. Fearful people live crampedly in the modernized urban machinery. The towering buildings, the noisy modern music, and even the fire hydrants in the elevators have all become the culprits that interfere with the normal life of the exiled prince. Where is free New York. It's just a desert whitewashed by modernization.

The King of New York still has not left the matrix of Chaplin's movies—the alienation caused by modernization, the struggle between individuals and authority, and the freedom of individuals, but there is more sadness. This old man who is almost rare but still agile, In the twilight years, he reluctantly responded to the various powers and restrictions on freedom in modern society, and reluctantly protested the monitoring of personal freedom and the terrible media's ruthless invasion of individual space.

In the end, he left this mere "free" capital.

His utopia is not here.

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Extended Reading
  • Freddy 2022-06-08 17:28:55

    The movie where Chaplin finally starred was surprisingly interesting. A king of refuge flees to New York. The title of the film is more appropriately translated as "A King in New York". The first half of the jokes are more concentrated. The encounter with the advertising girl satirizes the pervasiveness of the TV media industry and the unreasonable dissemination of hot spots; the three trailers in the theater also satirize the various lower limits of the B-level film. In the second half, a child with a mouthful of "ism" thoughts was highlighted, firing on McCarthyism, and using the child's mouth to express Chaplin's own views. PS: That child is precisely played by Chaplin's son.

  • Breana 2022-06-08 20:29:49

    The last black-and-white film directed by Chaplin is also the last film he starred in—Peugeot is the end of the Chaplin era. After experiencing the persecution of the McCarthy period in the United States, the works after the permission for free communication were cancelled, it can be seen that Chaplin himself criticized the American system, even spraying water on them with a playful and provocative comedy color, and of course, the current state of the film at the time. Partly ironic. He personally performed Hamlet's performance is too subtle, it is to shout at the screen; he personally played against the historical prodigy, and also cleverly used his mouth to express. PS: In this part of Chaplin's shots, you can see why Downey was cast in his biography!

A King in New York quotes

  • Lawyer: Your Majesty, first and foremost, you must stand on your rights and demand immunity on the ground of your Royal Prerogative.

    King Shahdov: Immunity from what?

    Lawyer: That I don't know, but I intend to find out. But if they put the 64 dollars question to you, as if you are, or ever have been a communist, then again you must stand on your Royal Prerogative.

    King Shahdov: But that question is absurd.

    Lawyer: There are many things absurd these days...

  • King Shahdov: Ladies and gentlemen, that's how I lost my throne. I wanted atomic energy for domestic use; but, my ministers wanted atomic bombs. Nevertheless, I have nuclear plans that will revolutionize modern life and bring about a utopia undreamed of!