September 30, 2011

Cine-Verse! Modern Times (1936)

It's black and it's white, between silence and sound,
And a time when machines keep the working man down.
A tramp in a factory works hard at his job,
Then finds himself pummeled by corn on the cob
At the hands of some terrible feeding-machine.
So he goes a bit wacky and causes a scene.

Then he's thrown in the slammer for going insane,
And foils a jailbreak while high on cocaine.
Every time he gets out he wants back in the clink,
It's a cushier lifestyle, is what he must think.

So the tramp meets a girl just as homeless as he,
And they dream of a house, which fills them with glee.
To find one another is a gift from above:
An example of true hobo-sexual love.

The movie has a message that's simple and true:
Work hard for your love and love what you do.
Yes, there will be hard times every once in a while,
But buck up, don't give up, and wear a big smile.

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