Everything for Dali was a pose. We're talking about a person who rubbed shit all over himself to impress Gala and ostentatoiusly destroyed food during a time of hunger. I'm not actually sure there's a functional difference between posing as a fascist and being a fascist.
--- On Fri, 6/5/09, James Heartfield <Heartfield at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> Dali's fascism was a pose, most likely an expression of his
> irritation at the pious leftism of his formerly iconoclastic
> fellows. He once insisted on greeting Franco on a visit to
> his home town, and arrived, elderly, dressed in a
> militaristic uniform of his own concoction with mdeals
> epaulettes, ostrich feathers and a sword. Unfortunately, the
> grand old man of surrealism bowed so low before Franco that
> he could not get up again, much to the embarrassment of the
> General, who wondered who the lunatic blocking his way was.
>