‘Beyond the Beat’ By James S. Rosien Anaconda Review Publisher This month marks 86 years since the release of one of the most important films ever made, Charlie Chaplin’s “The Great Dictator,” which besides being a ripping satire of Hitler, Mussolini, Nazis and fascism writ large, was capped by one of the greatest speeches ever filmed. I heartily recommend everyone check it out on YouTube. But that’s not what I’m writing about today, not directly anyway, though it is what I immediately thought of when I checked the Googlebox this morning and saw in blaring headlines that all-world soccer player…
The Not-So-Great Dictator
‘Beyond the Beat’ By James S. Rosien Anaconda Review Publisher This month marks 86 years since the release of one of the most important films ever made, Charlie Chaplin’s “The Great Dictator,” which besides being a ripping satire of Hitler, Mussolini, Nazis and fascism writ large, was capped by one of the greatest speeches ever filmed. I heartily recommend everyone check it out on YouTube. But that’s not what I’m writing about today, not directly anyway, though it is what I immediately thought of when I checked the Googlebox this morning and saw in blaring headlines that all-world soccer player…
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