Zizek on Haider

[Carl Remick]

>Carl Remick wrote:
>
>>Er, wasn't mockery -- a prime example being Chaplin's (especially
>>untimely) _The Great Dictator_ -- exactly how the world tried to
>>defuse the threat of Mussolini and Hitler?  The beta version of this
>>approach doesn't seem to have been a big success.
>
>I don't know that "the world" tried to defuse fascism in the 20s and
>30s.

Picky, picky.  The main point is, mockery did zip to limit Mussolini's and 
Hitler's rise.  As I recall, Mussolini and Hitler were a staple of U.S. 
comedy routines in the '30s.  M's ridiculous strut and glare; Hitler's 
ridiculous mustache and rants -- the two were a gift to comedians.  Pretty 
expensive cheap laughs, as it turned out.

Carl
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