Hitler humour in modern times
Downfall is a 2004 film depicting the last days of Adolph Hitler, Fuehrer [leader] of Nazi Germany,
isolated from the world, desperately ordering counterattacks that will never happen, from armies that exist only on maps, commanded by men who are most likely dead. Played by Swiss actor Bruno Ganz, Hitler is presented as he was in the last months of World War II: a sick, exhausted man but dreaming still of a Greater Germany amid the ruins of war-ravaged Berlin and callously ranting against the ‘weakness’ and ‘deserved destruction’ of the German citizenry. Source
A few creative people on the ‘net have taken one scene in which Herr H. loses all composure, rages against his staff and added there own subtitles to match the event that they want to parody. Earlier this summer, Twitter was experiencing a severe disruption in service and someone posted this video on July 1, 2008:
For another view of Twitter, take a look at Lisa Nova’s Twitter Whore
Fast forward a few months to the Financial Crisis of 2008 and we get this gem posted September 15, 2008:
Here’s a sequel.
Not to many people like Hitler for a number of reasons, but what these people did with this material is brilliant!
