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"Mike and Jon, Jon and Mike—I've known them both for years, and, clearly, one of them is very funny. As for the other: truly one of the great hangers-on of our time."—Steve Bodow, head writer, The Daily Show
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"Who can really judge what's funny? If humor is a subjective medium, then can there be something that is really and truly hilarious? Me. This book."—Daniel Handler, author, Adverbs, and personal representative of Lemony Snicket
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"The good news: I thought Our Kampf was consistently hilarious. The bad news: I’m the guy who wrote Monkeybone."—Sam Hamm, screenwriter, Batman, Batman Returns, and Homecoming
February 12, 2007
The Nazis -- A Warning From Amazon Unbox
1. Go read Digby's post "Revenge of the Republican Geeks" about the new New Yorker profile of Joel Surnow, co-creator of 24.
2. Go to the Amazon.com page for the documentary The Nazisâ€â€ÂA Warning from History
3. Read the product description:
How could a political party as fundamentally evil and overtly racist as the Nazis come to power? This remains one of the most enigmatic questions of the last century. Acclaimed historian Laurence Rees examines what led a cultured nation at the heart of Europe to commit the atrocities it did. In so doing, he exposes popular myths and encourages understanding of the real forces that led to one of the darkest chapters in modern history. Was it simply the hypnotic power of Hitler's rhetoric? Did the Gestapo really impose themselves by terror on an unwilling population? Through interviews with witnesses and perpetrators, along with archive film and records, this six-part series unveils a more chilling reality.
4. Read this review:
This series is very good a zeroing in on individual Nazis to show how ordinary people did terrible things within the framework of the larger state. It also does an excellent job of explaining the Nazi world view. It pays well deserved attention to the importance Hitler placed on "art" and culture as well as the way in which social darwinism was twisted into a culture of lawlessness where the strong were encouraged to exploit, if not destroy, the weak.
5. Look at the Amazon ad on the same page for their Unbox feature, which lets you buy movies via download.
See how it says "Buy the DVD and get a FREE TV show"?
See what TV show they use to illustrate this?
6. Enjoy a dark, fear-filled chuckle
Posted at February 12, 2007 04:08 AM | TrackBackI met a conservative who told me that he supported the Iraq war because of the fact that he "had been there" before, and to him, it was called "the public school system".
Yessir, the Republican geek label is as true as it comes.
Posted by: En Ming Hee at February 12, 2007 12:45 PMAs the NAZIS would say, "FREE FROM THE CURSE OF FREEDOM".
Posted by: Mike Meyer at February 12, 2007 01:53 PM
