[lbo-talk] Triumph of the Ill

[Dennis Perrin]

So long to the gal who made the Third Reich roll (apologies to The Residents). 

<http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Obit-Riefenstahl.html?hp>

"Triumph" is riveting for the mass rallies and the close-ups of mechanized Hitler youth, which includes some playful homoerotic scenes of the Nazi lads bathing. But "Olympia" is her true legacy -- a precursor to ESPN highlight reels, with, of course, Riefenstahl's omnipresent queer subtext.

DP
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