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I notice how on this day in 1940 Charlie Chaplin\u2019s tour de force, the Great Dictator<\/span><\/a> was released. Somehow that dance with the globe just floated to the front of my mind\u2026<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IJOuoyoMhj8<\/a>\n

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