Microw@lemm.ee to Anniversaries: X years ago today@feddit.nlEnglish · 1 month agoOn this day, 15 Oct 1940 Charlie Chaplin's first talkie The Great Dictator debuted in New York (while the US was still formally at peace with Nazi Germany).files.mastodon.socialimagemessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1108arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1107arrow-down1imageOn this day, 15 Oct 1940 Charlie Chaplin's first talkie The Great Dictator debuted in New York (while the US was still formally at peace with Nazi Germany).files.mastodon.socialMicrow@lemm.ee to Anniversaries: X years ago today@feddit.nlEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square9fedilinkfile-text
The antifascist film ends with this impassioned speech to the audience opposing all forms of oppression.
minus-squareDagwood222@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 month ago[off topic] Captain America #1 showed Cap punching Hitler. It came out before Pearl Harbor, and the artist, Jack Kirby, was threatened by local Nazi sympathizers. https://www.snopes.com/news/2017/01/24/captain-americas-co-creator-punch-nazis/
minus-squarehsdkfr734r@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 month ago threatened by local Nazi sympathizers. That’s kind of their thing.
minus-squareDagwood222@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 month agoI remember a time when hating Nazis was considered a prerequisite for being an American.
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Captain America #1 showed Cap punching Hitler. It came out before Pearl Harbor, and the artist, Jack Kirby, was threatened by local Nazi sympathizers.
https://www.snopes.com/news/2017/01/24/captain-americas-co-creator-punch-nazis/
That’s kind of their thing.
I remember a time when hating Nazis was considered a prerequisite for being an American.