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
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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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