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   Megan Marie Hart (meganmariehart@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Feb-2025 11:01:08 JST Megan Marie Hart

   Steven Spielberg is not getting enough credit for having the hero fight literal Nazis in his light entertainment adventure movies. Same goes for George Lucas’ dressed-like-nazis fascist protagonists.
   Kids need that. We need that.

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     Jack Deth (jacklaridian@social.horrorhub.club)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Feb-2025 11:01:08 JST Jack Deth

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     @meganmariehart
     Sure but, in the 80s, killing Nazis wasn't even remotely controversial. Back then, we all pretty much agreed they were expendable.

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     Jack Deth (jacklaridian@social.horrorhub.club)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Feb-2025 22:30:29 JST Jack Deth

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     @meganmariehart
     Yeah, I guess I never really thought about it. I grew up on these movies so I just automatically associate Nazis (and storm troopers) with evil. I know Spielberg has some history with the holocaust, so I guess that was by design. I just figured they were the type of bad guys who could chewed up in a propeller and no one would bat an eye. 😎

     Oh also, I listened to your aria. DAMN! you got PIPES!! 🌹

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     Megan Marie Hart (meganmariehart@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Feb-2025 22:30:30 JST Megan Marie Hart

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     @jacklaridian
     That’s the point: back then, no one would have thought to applaud them for choosing Nazis as villains because it was so ridiculously obvious that they are evil. Now, decades later, millions of people still watch these movies, and who knows how many kids have learned about fascism through them. Little things like this are important to preserve our collective memory.

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     Megan Marie Hart (meganmariehart@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 01-Mar-2025 02:14:04 JST Megan Marie Hart

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     @jacklaridian
     Thank you! I’m happy you liked it!
     If you’re interested, have a listen to „Letters to Fred“, it‘s a song cycle we premiered last month about my friend Joanne Herzberg’s Familie, who got murdered by the Nazis.
     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyvxOatnH04
     (Not much to see in the video, it’s just me singing, but it has subtitles.)

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     Jack Deth (jacklaridian@social.horrorhub.club)'s status on Saturday, 01-Mar-2025 02:14:04 JST Jack Deth

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     @meganmariehart
     Thanks! I'll check it out