Days after coming to above realization vis-à-vis Star Wars as ahistoricized Usian WWII nostalgia—divorced by way of high fantasy from any culpability for the cultural exports that made the Nazis and their Stormtroopers possible…
Roommate greets me today with a fundraising letter—laden with words like "valiant" and "epic"—for the National WWII Museum, wherein folk are asked to generously join the "Honor Roll" .
An accompanying brochure includes quotes from media figures, incl. Steven Spielberg.