My first time... Hitler was devastated to learn that the Dallas Cowboys had lost to the New York Giants in the NFL playoffs two years ago. And it still makes me laugh. On 01/22/2010 12:09 PM, Mathieu ONeil wrote:
The first time I saw it was Spring last year with the Furher as Hillary Clinton ranting about superdelegates, Florida and Ohio etc. Was that the first for others as well? Archaeology of meme emergence...
cheers m
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Ditto on what others said about the meme.
And given what you feel about them, I think of all of the Hitler meme vids created, this is the one for you Charles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqqxRPZdfvs Hitler rants about the Hitler Parodies
Cheers, -Sharon Greenfield
On Jan 22, 2010, at 8:31 AM, Charles Ess wrote:
Very sorry to have to say this ... How profoundly disappointing, if not on the edge of insulting. If (a) you know German reasonably well, and especially if (b)
you've seen
the terrific film, Der Untergang, that is ripped off here - it
doesn't>strike me as funny at all.
The kindest thing that I can say about it from my standpoint is
that it is a
weak attempt at humor that depends first of all upon complete
ignorance of
German, and secondly a strikingly uncritical willingness to
accept the now
very tired trope of Hitler as the archetype of reactionary
evil. (Part of
the irony here: I don't think he was all that reactionary,
especially with
regard to new technologies.) As sympathetic as I am to the argument attempted to be made
here - this
seems to me to thereby works directly contrary to its intentions.
Sorry - no one bats a thousand, not even the redoubtable Jeremy!
- charles ess Institut for Informations- og Medievidenskab Helsingforsgade 14 8200 Århus N. Denmark mail: <imvce@hum.au.dk> tel: (+45) 8942 9250
Distinguished Research Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies Drury University, Springfield, Missouri 65802 USA
Exemplary persons seek harmony, not sameness. -- Analects 13.23
in case you've not seen this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VREJV--VHSw
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