Interesting comments about Chaplin, Kevin. Thinking about it, there is something detached and almost Brechtian about Chaplin. I did like the films. I also think he was a man of genuine conviction and courage. "The Great Dictator" is contrived and based on a great deal of manipulative sentimentality - but so was the evil which it parodied so brilliantly. Of course, Chaplin crossed the Atlantic in both directions. He was a clog dancer/music hall act who made it in the States. Then he made American films which made him renowned both sides of the Atlantic. I think it can be done, but not by many.