The movie is about how hypocritical and stupid fascism is. It's telling you not to give fascists not the slightest amount of respect. This is good at deprogramming liberals who think fascists are "efficient, but bad guys." Also no neo-nazi or white nationalist is gonna see that movie and like it. It's basically the same ideology as Mel Brooks, deny the facsists power in the language of culture. Intentional or not, it has some elements of Umberto Eco's Ur-Fascism.
It’s basically the same ideology as Mel Brooks, deny the facsists power in the language of culture
yea. because culture are the only grounds to which we have access(essentially our consumer decisions lol). there's little access to the grounds of politics and no access whatsoever to economy. that's the american and eu predicament, and the movie is an expression of it. hence, the movie is shallow from a leftist perspective.
I wish it had some more elements of Ur-Fascism. I'd go so far as to say setting the movie in nazi germany was a mistake. Using 'Hitler bad' to make a political point gets eyerolls because its low effort. Using Nazi germany to understand fascism is also low effort.
The liberal/conservative's understanding of fascism is sketchy. Out attitude towards Franco's spain is generally positive, our attitude on Mussolini is fairly malleable. had it been set in either of those places, it would have been more thought provoking. but it's not, it's a liberal ass movie.
The movie is about how hypocritical and stupid fascism is. It's telling you not to give fascists not the slightest amount of respect. This is good at deprogramming liberals who think fascists are "efficient, but bad guys." Also no neo-nazi or white nationalist is gonna see that movie and like it. It's basically the same ideology as Mel Brooks, deny the facsists power in the language of culture. Intentional or not, it has some elements of Umberto Eco's Ur-Fascism.
yea. because culture are the only grounds to which we have access(essentially our consumer decisions lol). there's little access to the grounds of politics and no access whatsoever to economy. that's the american and eu predicament, and the movie is an expression of it. hence, the movie is shallow from a leftist perspective.
I wish it had some more elements of Ur-Fascism. I'd go so far as to say setting the movie in nazi germany was a mistake. Using 'Hitler bad' to make a political point gets eyerolls because its low effort. Using Nazi germany to understand fascism is also low effort.
The liberal/conservative's understanding of fascism is sketchy. Out attitude towards Franco's spain is generally positive, our attitude on Mussolini is fairly malleable. had it been set in either of those places, it would have been more thought provoking. but it's not, it's a liberal ass movie.