To be honest, I haven't learned about Chaplin in detail before, and I haven't seen his films in full, but I've only seen some performance clips here and there, and my impression of him has always been that of a mime master who plays ugly and laughs. When I saw the second clip in Modern Times, I felt the sadness behind the comedy. Chaplin went from working to being fired, continuing to work and then losing his job, repeating it again and again, being oppressed, beaten and scolded, living in the worst house, living the lowest life, under his hilarious and vivid performances , like a pill coated with sugar, the more bitter it goes. At the end of the movie, if Chaplin didn't laugh, I would probably agree with the idea that the heart of comedy is tragedy, after all, both of them end up with nothing. But the movie ended with two people laughing and walking into the distance, and the open ending makes people have infinite reverie. No matter what the real ending is, in the movie they are smiling in hope, which is full of inspiration for the audience. The core of comedy is that there is nothing wrong with tragedy, but it can pass through the tragedy to transmit vigorous positive energy, which is the reason why the movie can endure for a long time.
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