Editing Esperanto (section)

=== Popular culture ===
{{Main|Esperanto in popular culture}}

In the futuristic novel ''[[Lord of the World]]'' by Robert Hugh Benson, Esperanto is presented as the predominant language of the world, much as Latin is the language of the Church.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bensen |first1=Robert Hugh |title=Lord of the World |date=1907 |publisher=Dodd, Mead & Company |location=New York, USA |page=125 |edition=1917 |url=https://archive.org/stream/lordoftheworld00bensrich#page/125/mode/2up |access-date=August 17, 2020}}</ref> A reference to Esperanto appears in the science-fiction story ''[[War with the Newts]]'' by [[Karel Čapek]], published in 1936. As part of a passage on what language the salamander-looking creatures with human cognitive ability should learn, it is noted that "...in the Reform schools, Esperanto was taught as the medium of communication." (p. 206).<ref>War with the Newts. Karel Čapek. 1936. The Penguin Group. Edition published in 2010 by Penguin Classics. Translated by M. & R. Weatherall.</ref>

Esperanto has been used in many films and novels. The [[Charlie Chaplin]] film ''[[The Great Dictator]]'' (1940) showed [[Warsaw ghetto|Jewish ghetto]] shop signs in Esperanto. Two full-length feature films have been produced with [[dialogue]] entirely in Esperanto: ''{{lang|eo|[[Angoroj]]}},'' in 1964, and ''[[Incubus (1965 film)|Incubus]],'' a 1965 [[B-movie]] horror film which is also notable for starring [[William Shatner]] shortly before he began working on ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]''. In [[Captain Fantastic (film)|''Captain Fantastic'']] (2016) there is a dialogue in Esperanto. The 1994 film [[Street Fighter (1994 film)|''Street Fighter'']] contains Esperanto dialogue spoken by the character Sagat. Finally, Mexican film director [[Alfonso Cuarón]] has publicly shown his fascination for Esperanto,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://esperantodocumentary.com/blog/an-interview-with-director-alfonso-cuaron.html|title=The Universal Language {{pipe}} An Interview with Director Alfonso Cuarón|website=esperantodocumentary.com|access-date=April 6, 2019|archive-date=February 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190221100221/http://esperantodocumentary.com/blog/an-interview-with-director-alfonso-cuaron.html|url-status=live}}</ref> going as far as naming his film production company [[Esperanto Filmoj]] ("Esperanto Films").