It really does put some basis around the theory that it is impossible to create a media product critical of fascism, because the fascist will simply glorify the parts they want and ignore the rest. I really do believe in the ‘death of the author’ for media analysis because of this tendency.
Lindsay Ellis’s shit takes aside, she makes a very good case for parodying fascism (Nazism in particular). Fascists haven’t appropriated Mel Brooks’s lampoons of fascism. They unironically love American History X and sing “Tomorrow Belongs to Me”. Nazis do not love “Springtime for Hitler” in the Producers or Jojo Rabbit because it makes them look silly and dumb. Fascists don’t have a coherent ideology and build their ethos around telling themselves they are badass warriors, so parodying fascism by making them sing and dance like clowns is good.
It really does put some basis around the theory that it is impossible to create a media product critical of fascism, because the fascist will simply glorify the parts they want and ignore the rest. I really do believe in the ‘death of the author’ for media analysis because of this tendency.
Lindsay Ellis’s shit takes aside, she makes a very good case for parodying fascism (Nazism in particular). Fascists haven’t appropriated Mel Brooks’s lampoons of fascism. They unironically love American History X and sing “Tomorrow Belongs to Me”. Nazis do not love “Springtime for Hitler” in the Producers or Jojo Rabbit because it makes them look silly and dumb. Fascists don’t have a coherent ideology and build their ethos around telling themselves they are badass warriors, so parodying fascism by making them sing and dance like clowns is good.