Microw@lemm.ee to Anniversaries: X years ago todayEnglish · 2 days agoOn this day, 15 Oct 1940 Charlie Chaplin's first talkie The Great Dictator debuted in New York (while the US was still formally at peace with Nazi Germany).files.mastodon.socialimagemessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1110arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1109arrow-down1imageOn this day, 15 Oct 1940 Charlie Chaplin's first talkie The Great Dictator debuted in New York (while the US was still formally at peace with Nazi Germany).files.mastodon.socialMicrow@lemm.ee to Anniversaries: X years ago todayEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square9fedilinkfile-text
The antifascist film ends with this impassioned speech to the audience opposing all forms of oppression.
minus-squarehsdkfr734rlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 days ago threatened by local Nazi sympathizers. That’s kind of their thing.
minus-squareDagwood222@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 days agoI remember a time when hating Nazis was considered a prerequisite for being an American.
That’s kind of their thing.
I remember a time when hating Nazis was considered a prerequisite for being an American.