charlie assesment

Modern times is Charlie Chaplin’s last silent film or at least quasi-silent film, the American comedy is set during the great depression and stars the character little tramp played by Charlie. As well as staring in his own one man show, Chaplin was the director; writer, producer and he also scored the film.
It is in modern times that Chaplin for the first time speaks or his voice is heard, this happens in the second last scene where Chaplin is to perform a song but he keeps forgetting the words which is the key component to the gag, after writing the words on his cuffs he proceeds to entertain the audience, but during his frolicking around the arm cuffs are lost.
Chaplin performs the Léo Daniderff's comical song Je cherche après Titine, but a nonsensical version that is composed of words in French and Italian but ultimately is gibberish, this and the sound affects and music help to set the mood and draw a reaction from the viewer.
Chaplin waited 9 years before he used sound in a film, Chaplin’s films were so successful because of the drama he could evoke through his facial expressions and the way he played the character so not using sound until modern times and singing the song in gibberish allows Chaplin to somehow preserve that crucial aspect in his films although he is using sound the way he describes the song through his facial expressions and actions entertains the viewer allowing you to create a narrative of events within the song as u would through gesture in the silent films.,