Watching Chaplin's "Modern Times" made me feel a little deep, and although this is a movie presented with light humor, it would not be much joy to see the connotation it was trying to convey. The first is that a group of workers are working in a standardized manner. It is simply a cruel way for capitalists to regard people as machines. People and machines are the same "thing" to them, and there is no need for any difference. Treatment, the protagonist, that is, Chaplin's character, used mistakes in work, witty dances and movements, and the situation of wanting to do things seriously but backfired, etc., to satirize the various conditions of the mechanized descendants who are easy to lose their humanity. Of course, he It's a lot of exaggeration, but after Chaplin's witty presentation of that kind of stereotype that drives people crazy, it makes people feel a sense of pity. No species should be treated like this, let alone people. When it comes to species, let’s first explain why it is called species instead of humans. Actually, because I don’t think humans are different from other species, every species must be treated equally, nothing is particularly noble or vulgar , therefore decided to refer to species rather than humans. Now that we've talked about species, let's skip ahead to the last few scenes of Chaplin's work in a small restaurant. There is a scene where he is bringing a stack of heavy plates to the table, but he is led by a diner. A dog tripped, and he dutifully carried the plate, even though he had fallen on all fours. This picture shows that the waiters in a restaurant are not as good as the customers' pets. This reminds me of a "Wandering Dog Man" released a few days ago, which also made a big comparison between people and dogs of different classes. Irony, of course, these examples are numerous, but after reading the relevant irony results, I gradually developed a disgust for people's self-righteous attitude. Then I'm going to discuss the part of going back to the factory. One of the most terrifying episodes is that Chaplin was forced to use the "Blaow Feeder" (if I remember the name correctly), that scene The curtain manipulates people like experimental subjects, and continues to perform even if there is a problem or malfunction of the machine, which completely reduces the dignity of human beings to the lowest level. Such a terrifying issue is even more ironic and helpless when presented in a humorous and witty way. The irony is that although the incident to be described is serious and terrifying, it can be accepted by the audience in a relaxed way, showing the kind of powerful (capitalist's) Brutal) control methods are superfluous at all but;
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