The essence of comedy is tragedy. Through this film, we can really see the negative impact of the industrial revolution on the working class: capitalists continue to exploit the labor force and let them work mechanically, working for a long time but getting very little wages. .
The fate of the hero and heroine reflects this social status quo. There is also the smog-shrouded Britain at the beginning of the movie. Because of the Industrial Revolution, the environment has been seriously polluted. The behavior of capitalists was reprimanded, and social development was extremely uneven. Fortunately, the male protagonist met the female protagonist. They depended on each other in this low-level class, had a home, and had a job. Although they finally had a stable job in the end, but because the heroine was wanted, everything went back to the original place. But they have each other and an optimistic attitude to face reality.
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