Felix Salten was an unlikely figure to write “Bambi,” since he was an ardent hunter who, by his own estimate, shot and killed more than two hundred deer. He was also an unlikely figure to write a parable about Jewish persecution, since, even after the book burnings, he promoted a policy of appeasement toward Nazi Germany. And he was an unlikely figure to write one of the most famous children’s stories of the twentieth century, since he wrote one of its most infamous works of child pornography.

:what-the-hell:

a scene in Salten’s book where a dog kills a fox, which unfolds at a horrifyingly leisurely pace. The fox’s paw is shattered and bleeding, and he knows he will die soon, but he pleads with the dog: “Let me die with my family at least. We’re brothers almost, you and I.” When that fails, he accuses the dog of being a turncoat and a spy. The dog works himself into a frenzy defending the virtue and the power of his master, then itemizes all the other animals who serve humankind:

“The horse, the cow, the sheep, the chickens, many, many of you and your kind are on His side and worship Him and serve Him.”

“They’re rabble!” snarled the fox, full of a boundless contempt.

Fun article. I never knew that Bambi was sourced off of a Austro Hungarian book. Also It's cool how he made all the animals talk about people as a Singular person.

two fun quotes from near the end of the article: "Its hard to believe that it will ever be better" "its hard to believe that it ever was any better" and about animals in a zoo "...are sentenced to life imprisonment and are all innocent."

Excellent piece thanks for sharing comrade

Most panegyrics to the solitary life written by men have an element of misogyny in them, and “Bambi” is no exception. Seemingly brave and vivacious in her youth, Faline grows up to be timid and lachrymose; she “shrieked and shrieked,” she “bleated,” she is “the hysterical Faline.” When she and Bambi are (for lack of a better word) dating, the old Prince teaches Bambi to ignore her calls, lest they come from a hunter imitating the sound. Like Gobo, the romance between the childhood friends is doomed by the logic of the book. “Do you love me still?” Faline asks one day, to which Bambi replies, “I don’t know.” She walks away, and “all at once, his spirit felt freer than for a long time.”

Zack Snyder cut

Whittaker Chambers had a, interesting story. Really wild shit.

Wait wait. Wait just a minute. Just a goddamn minute.

Albert Camus - The Stranger

Part One

Mother died today. Or, maybe, yesterday; I can’t be sure. The telegram from the Home says: YOUR MOTHER PASSED AWAY. FUNERAL TOMORROW. DEEP SYMPATHY. Which leaves the matter doubtful; it could have been yesterday.

Bambi: Hell is Other Deer. Someone write this.