February

‘The Great Dictator’ Delivers A Great Speech

‘The Great Dictator’ was Charlie Chaplin’s most successful film and his first true talking picture.

Released in October, 1940 it was the first film to bitterly satirize Naziism and Adolf Hitler at a time when the United States was still at peace with Germany.

At the very end of the film comes one of the great cinematic speeches – one that perfectly encapsulates Chaplin’s disgust with greed, bloodshed and division.

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January/February 2012

Advertisers, Politicians and Weasly Words

Welcome to 2012 and the impending end of all things – at least that is what the Mayan Calendar, Nostradamus and my Great Aunt Elsie have been telling us is in store for 2012. To be fair, the meaning of the Mayan Calendar is in dispute, Nostradamus was a bit on the vague side and my Great Aunt Elsie could only come through with the letter ‘A’ at the séance (which I naturally interpreted as ‘Armageddon’). Either way the signs all point to imminent doom.

In preparation for the end of the world I have decided to lessen my workload somewhat and the Editorial will now be a bi-monthly publication. This is mostly due to the fact that the consulting I do has increased considerably and I will also be lecturing at Monash University this year. I know what you are thinking, Rutledge lecturing on communication at a university… the end is closer than we thought.

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