Episode Synopsis "004: The Kid (1921)"

Dr. Mack discusses the steps of the hero’s journey in Charlie Chaplin’s 1921 masterpiece The Kid — and perhaps even helps that crazy dreamland sequence make a bit of sense.

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More episodes of the podcast In Case You Missed Class: The Hero’s Journey in Masterpieces of Film

• 012: Gravity (2013)
• 011: Spirited Away (2001)
• 010: Life is Beautiful (1997)
• 009: Dersu Uzala (1975) and Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
• 008: 8 1/2 (1963)
• 007: The Philadelphia Story (1940) and The Searchers (1956)
• 006: La Grande Illusion (1937)
• 005: Metropolis (1927)
• 004: The Kid (1921)
• 003: The Hero’s Journey Part III: The Cosmogonic Cycle
• 002: The Hero’s Journey part II
• 001: The First Half of the Hero’s Journey