Word is that the target of this satire, Adolph Hitler, watched the film more than once, by himself. What he thought of Chaplin’s work is lost to the ages, but wouldn’t this be a great movie — and scene — for the despot Putin?
You can read more about Chaplin’s speech here and here.
Such a fine line between being aspirational and rabble-rousing; the speakers in front of the White House on January 6th sounded much the same, though the words they chose were twisted and evil. Similarly this Chaplin scene serves as bookend to his later speech: https://youtu.be/-jj-PaqFrBc
Brilliant…