Word: hitleritis
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Furst transmuted his political horrors to the bleak years from 1938 to 1942 when Europe was in extremis. The totalitarianism his reluctant heroes combat is Nazism, but his books are less about Hitler than all the Hitlers: his belief that the suffering was not caused just by one man, but by the lust for power of all the predators out there. "And if you think they're dead," Furst adds, "take a look at Yugoslavia. They're still out there, alive and well...
Before we assume that the market for human clones consists mainly of narcissists who think the world deserves more of them or neo-Nazis who dream of cloning Hitler or crackpots and mavericks and mischief makers of all kinds, it is worth taking a tour of the marketplace. We might just meet ourselves there...
...host countries want the Games' glitz to reflect on their national image, while carefully avoiding the Uber-patriotism of the disastrous Berlin Games in 1936, meant to showcase Adolph Hitler's Third Reich. Inter Asia, a foreign public-relations firm that briefly advised Beijing on its bid eight years ago, had urged officials to emphasize the city instead of the nation, history instead of politics, and generally to try to look nice. Officials ignored the suggestions. Factories forced workers to sign petitions supporting the Games. Police rounded up mentally handicapped citizens who might be glimpsed by Olympic officials from...
Tall order? Well, consider that last year, B.U.F.F. lauded an locally made short called Titler, an absolutely brilliant low-budget singing-Hitler-in-drag conceit, consummately crafted in every respect. Not content to simply croon vulgar showtunes for mere shock value, the film’s protagonist alludes to genuine psychological flaws within his character, giving his songs a thread of narrative while breaking barriers of taste that only shock jocks and the Wayans Brothers dare approach—and for far less thought-provoking ends...
Before we assume that the market for human clones consists mainly of narcissists who think the world deserves more of them or neo-Nazis who dream of cloning Hitler or crackpots and mavericks and mischief makers of all kinds, it is worth taking a tour of the marketplace. We might just meet ourselves there...