> Some of the praise is just because they use the dictators name, willingly. This is actually rather new. Political Correctness dictates you don't. Yes we all k

> Some of the praise is just because they use the dictators name, willingly. This is actually rather new. Political Correctness dictates you don't. Yes we all knew Chaplin's "The Great Dictator" was about Hitler, but he didn't use the name. Fair point. For some more context, though, The Great Dictator came out in 1940 - almost at the peak of Hitler's power. North Korea today is worrying, but nowhere near the status Germany had in 1940. It's therefore more impressive that Chaplin was willing to parody Hitler as he did, even with a fake name and fake country. I just re-watched The Great Dictator a few days ago. It's amazingly funny even today, holds up great.