If the Germans do a cross comedy, what is the most daring and worthy thing? Naturally, "Hitler is Back", let him wake up in 2014 to see what other storms he can cause. Although there are surprises and doubts, most people regard him as an actor on a parody show, vying to take selfies with him and let him appear on comedy shows. Just like this era, everything is labeled as entertainment.
This movie did not forget its role as a comedy. First, Hitler severely criticized today’s boring TV shows, and the despicable TV director also paid tribute to a classic "Führer’s Wrath" (from "Destruction of the Empire" A scene of Hitler's fury has been spoofed numerous times on the Internet).
Of course, this movie is not just content to ridicule this age of entertainment to death. This is a truly bold journey. It is not only Hitler’s sensitivity and his time crossing, but the film itself is also a crossing experiment inside and outside the play: Hitler and a reporter visited the country together, just as he had done 80 years ago. Do that. A large number of participants on the way are not actors, but ordinary German passers-by. Let "Hitler", who has no topic taboos, interview them, trying to arouse some thoughts in their hearts that they usually don't dare to say. Hitler soon concluded that although time has passed, there are still many similarities with Germany in the 1930s. People are dissatisfied with the welfare system and immigrants, and the younger generation is at a loss.
This method of shooting makes the film not lacking in roughness and plainness. But these people's dissatisfaction, in the form of similar news records, told from the real German people, the weight is far greater than the fictional story. Based on these realities, the development of the film after fiction-Hitler quickly adapted to the Internet age, and some taboo ideologies that have been swept into the historical garbage dump, driven by this man who deeply understands human nature and is very persuasive , Is so easy to resurrect.
Many people disagree with this. After the lessons of the defeat and the 70 years of education after the war, opposition and vigilance against such ideologies should have long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and even reached the point of boring, in other words, "political correctness." This movie also sings out the essence of political correctness-overreaction to trivial matters, but this reaction is only three minutes hotter. Hitler shot and killed a dog that bit him during the trip. When this incident came to light, it was the most important thing in the politically correct Germany. No matter how brilliant you are, how charismatic and capable you are, you must be banned from cruelty to animals. But the speed of people's forgetting was amazing, and it didn't take long for Hitler to come back intact.
Many people's disapproval stems from overconfidence, which is also a result of political correctness. Hitler was sought after in the 21st century, and everyone thought it was just for entertainment. However, no one took him seriously in the early 1930s. In fact, because of factors such as political correctness, although people are fascinated by various anti-Nazi slogans, they rarely have the opportunity to really examine their own hearts and think about such issues seriously. Even if you have some thoughts, you can only suppress them in your heart until Hitler knocks on the door to listen to you. Hitler has always been a man who goes deep into the masses and treats people sincerely. The masses are the fountain of his magic. When Hitler spoke sincerely and passionately about his ideas about the country and nation, he became the icebreaker of political correctness. Although shocking the world, it also pierced the content that many people thought about but was inconvenient to mention.
The main theme of this movie is the dialogue on the rooftop. Hitler's journey in reality is not a physical body in a military coat falling from the sky, but a resurrection in everyone's heart. Everyone is not a monster, they are all mortals, but it is these mortals that pushed Hitler to the forefront. When the enthusiasm for Hitler shifted from entertainment to other aspects, the astonishing unity of history took another step forward. Those who knew the truth were put in a mental hospital.
For Hitler's ghost, this film is not incomplete. However, having said so much, I think this is not enough to explain all the current problems in Europe.
I myself worked in a German company for many years, and also lived in Germany intermittently for a few years. The Germans really have the world in their hearts. For war-torn and unfortunate regions, they not only actively pay for donations, but also believe that refugees should be accepted. However, to really let refugees be neighbors, play with their own children, or even climb relatives, ordinary Germans have another 10,000 reluctance in their hearts. This idea is also extended to work. In many German companies, regardless of ability and experience, the executives must be Germans. Only the middle-level people have people from other countries in Europe and the United States. Asian, African, and Latin Americans can only be ordinary employees or small bosses. In what appears to be a harmonious Europe, this astonishing social rigidity is actually much more serious than the United States, which seems to have constant ethnic conflicts.
So the real problem in Europe is that despite the notion and slogan of civilization and tolerance, it also accepts and rescues refugees almost unselfishly, and is even ridiculed by some as the Virgin. However, European society actually lacks the vitality to truly accommodate multiculturalism. I think there are three main reasons for this problem.
First, Europe is not traditionally a country of immigrants, and has no historical experience of American integration.
Second, the high welfare system in Europe allows everyone to be self-sufficient, without the need to actively participate in social collaboration, thus alienating people's relationships and reducing the opportunities and willingness to communicate with other ethnic groups.
Third, the indoctrination of political correctness has created the hypocritical "Mother's Heart" of Europeans, such as donating and supporting countries to accept refugees to demonstrate their civilization and decency, but there is no sincerity to allow these outsiders to integrate into their own personal life circle.
In addition, Europeans who are proud of their freedom and tolerance should not forget that after more than half a century of safe haven in the United States, Freedom is not free. Defending freedom requires an arduous struggle, just like the fight with Hitler 70 years ago. It's the same as fighting. The object of the struggle is not only extreme right thoughts like Hitler, but also anyone in the world who is the enemy of inclusive values. Freedom and tolerance must be based on the basic consensus that everyone respects each other and resolutely defends the other's freedom to live in their own way, without imposing their own values on others. If the other party fails to form this consensus, tolerance becomes connivance.
We will wait and see where Europe will go in the future. I believe there will be more movies with related themes coming out.
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