Posted on 02/20/2009 8:27:07 PM PST by Steelfish
YouTube
Video shows Adolf Hitler ranting over the housing bubble.
Adolf Hitler slowly raises his trembling hand and removes his glasses from his sneering, sweat-drenched face. He bellows profanities at his officers, who stare back in horror.
And what has provoked Der Fuhrer's outrage?
He has been banned from playing Xbox Live.
This is only one example of over a hundred parody videos on YouTube of a climactic scene from the 2004 movie, "Downfall," in which Hitler displays a frightening tantrum in the presence of his officers. YouTube posters have taken to pasting humorous subtitles over the action.
But not everyone is laughing. The film itself was criticized for its humanizing portrayal of the Nazi dictator. Now some people are complaining about the YouTube parodies, which play Hitler up for laughs.
An umbrella organization representing Holocaust survivors in Israel asked YouTube on Tuesday to take down one of the spoofs, in which Hitler complains about the lack of parking spaces in Tel Aviv, according to The Jerusalem Post.
The organization said that the clip was grossly insensitive to the feelings of elderly Holocaust survivors.
• Click here for the YouTube Video.
My favorite was his rant about the Dallas Cowboys losing.
You said — “Downfall http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363163/
Hitler’s freaking because his war is coming apart. He can’t keep his pledge to defend Berlin and his generals are bolting on him.”
Ahhh..., I see. I’m getting that movie and watching it... LOL... It looks to be interesting.
I’ve been reading a bunch of books about the Third Reich and also books that have documentation from that period of time and also some internal notes that were taken down by secretaries who were recording what Hitler was saying in private meetings. It’s all very interesting...
The funniest one was the one as hitler as a cowboy fan, a year ago when they lost to the Giants in the first round of the playoffs.
sounds funny to me
Mel Brooks did far worse...humanizing Hitler that is
I don’t know why they’re funny, but I’ve seen a few of them and they were all hilarious.
Oh, that one is so, so hilarious. I’m keeping that one... LOL...
I have never understood, nor ever will about this most generous country on the face of the earth. Egypt was said to be downgraded from six billion dollars in aid to three billion dollars currently. Billions to others, that even hate and spit on America.
As for the "Hitler" portrayed, it is only an actor as you will know. It does not mean a thing to me.
Hitler is dead.
I saw the pizza one first and I thought it was the funniest. Perhaps the novelty wore off by the time I got to the housing bubble one. But - will send it to my brother. A realtor. (”They said real estate only goes UP! UP!!”)
The one called Hillary’s Downfall is a keeper, too, with Hitler playing the role of Hillary, after she realizes she won’t be the Dem nominee:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM3JFPJwAuE
bump to find later
ROFL!!!! Hilarious! I am scared to send these around as some of my peeps were offended, but they really tickle my funny bone. I loved the Hillary one, and this real estate one is the only other one I’ve seen. Very funny.
My problem is that I do understand the German so I have to kind of “block it out” and read the subtitles. But in some ways it makes it funny, too.
Interesting thought. And way to early and pre coffee for such big words (on my part). Anyway, I find that in order for there to humor there needs to be a grain of truth, I don’t find any truth here. Maybe later but this AM.
This is hillarious.
nevertheless he most certainly humanized them
and these folks are no doubt ridiculing Nazis
The Hillary one was the closest on point.
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