the american legion boycotted his film, monsieur verdoux, for its anti capitalist message.this was a 1947. they also boycotted his film limelight, which had very little in the way of political messaging content. perhaps other than the message that the world belongs to the young and one's own youth fades very quickly. which of course, had an autobiographical dimension for chaplin at this point. who himself was over 60 at the time of this film being made. but apart from the conservative activists who are never going to see his good side, the tramp character could pretty much always squirm free of trouble. into squirm a free as well of efforts to define and can find him. in many ways, this character seemed still partially a child. and that small size, chaplin was about five foot four, allowed him to be over powered by authorities. and created public sympathy for the, quote, little guy who is up against powerful authorities. chaplain of course made much of that by choosing costars who were quite a bit taller than average. many of them over it six feet, so they could power over