Monday Afternoon Diversion: A Message to All Humans

By Kevin Robinson in Arts & Entertainment on Sep 26, 2011 8:00PM

With the Occupy Chicago (and larger Occupy Wall Street) protests ongoing, we take a look back at a speech from a film that aired during a period of economic and social anxiety in America. The producer of today's diversion saw fit to include video footage of current events to help put Charlie Chaplin's speech from The Great Dictator into some sort of context. What do you think? Let us know in the comments.