Welcome to the launching of the Charles Chaplin Fan Society!

This fan society was set up to discuss the works and talents of
Charles Chaplin.

While surfing the net I stumbled upon five questions that appeared
on a review page for students to print and turn in to their
instructor. I thought the questions were interesting and would be a
good starting point for this fan society to discuss.

1) Why is knowledge about Chaplin's audience important in order to
analyze the historical significance of his films?

2) Would immigrants recognize themselves in The Immigrant? If they
did, how would this affect them?

3) How does Chaplin depict reformers and government officials in
Easy Street? Does he have a morality of his own? Would his morality
be in step with the morality of his day? What would reformers think
of Easy Street?

4) What are the social problems that Chaplin points out in Easy
Street? What should be done, according to Chaplin, to alleviate them?

5) Can you imagine a conversation between D.W. Griffith and Charlie
Chaplin about the social issues of the day? What would their
differences and similarities of attitude be? What real debates over
early twentieth-century social issues would their perspectives
represent?