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Originally Posted by Party Elephant
If you guys have 40 minutes to spare this video is very relevant to this topic, especially for those who are bringing up Mel Brooks and The Producers. And if you don't have 40 minutes then maybe break it up into segments? It's a really well researched and articulated discussion on a very complex topic.
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Thanks for posting that. It's a pretty good run at addressing how we portray Nazis in pop culture. But she missed some pretty important cultural factors at work. Even though many of her examples came from British entertainment, she seems unaware that the British have a long tradition of ridiculing their enemies.
She jumped the tracks when she questioned the value of satire because some people don't get that it's satire, and said it's problematic that some morons think Stephen Colbert's character is sincere, or might come away from Inglorious Bastards charmed by Christoph Waltz's character. Then she careens into the ditch when she goes into appropriation and who should and shouldn't be allowed to satirize Nazis.