Assignment:
1. Read the Wiki page on the film. Get a general background.
2. Read these two reviews, one from 1940 when the film was released and one from 1972. (3 pages)
Come to class prepared to watch the film.
We will complete this sheet when watching the film.
Consider reading this short essay on “Humor and the Holocaust”.
Then consider that Chaplin said that he wouldn’t have made the film if he knew about the Holocaust.
