Chaplin's "Modern Times" is a comedic take at the dehumanization of the modern industrial workforce.
The comparison of corralled sheep to workers in a subway, at the beginning of the movie,
makes a clear statement about the worker's status in "modern times"
They are livestock, controlled and without agency. Chaplin's comedy illustrates the alienation felt by workers
in industrial jobs, a sentiment that must have been commonplace when the popularity of "Modern Times" is considered.
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