German Director Does Holocaust Satire |
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by Beth Gottfried, December 28, 2006 |
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German film producer Dani Levy is pulling a Mel Brooks. On January 11, his film, a comedy entitled, "Mein Führer: The Truly Truest Truth About Adolf Hitler" will be released in Germany. The fictitious comedy follows Hitler's descent in 1944 and subsequent last-ditch effort to hold his position of power by hiring a Jew to instruct him in public speaking.
Showcasing the trademark Jewish subversive comic relief:
Scenes of Hitler training his German shepherd dog to do "Heil Hitler" salutes or lying in the bath playing with a toy warship.During therapy, Hitler wears a yellow tracksuit and reveals he is insecure, impotent and a bed-wetter.
The question remains: Is this "light-hearted" comedy charged and original enough to get people talking in a constructive manner or in such poor taste that people react negatively. Levy's mother, herself a Holocaust survivor, had this to say to her son, "Don't come complaining to me if the critics maul you.''
I guess sometimes mother really does know best.
To read more about the movie, click here.
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Beth Gottfried Lisogorsky is a professional blogger whose work has appeared on numerous sites from Rotten Tomatoes to PopMatters. She loves film, TV (yes "the boob tube"), and music and has critiqued on all three. In 2004, she published a book More... |