Is Germany ready to laugh at Hitler in JojoRabbit?
Nearly 75 years after the end of World War II, is Germany prepared to embrace a big-screen comedy about Adolf Hitler? More specifically, will German audiences come out for Taika Waititi'sFührerMaking jokes about the most horrific period in German history — in a country still haunted by its past — can be a tricky business.
"I have a joke I do onstage," says Shahak Shapira, an Israeli comedian based in Berlin. "I say: 'Auschwitz has five stars on Yelp. McDonald's has three. So, objectively, chicken nuggets are worse than the Holocaust.' In Germany, I've had people get up and walk out of my show when I do that bit … Germans see Hitler and World War II from a different perspective, just as slavery is seen from a different perspective in America.
"Germans know more, a lot more, about the history than audiences elsewhere,” says Constantin Film Chairman Martin Moskowicz. “They reject clichéd or simplified portrayals of the period. The core of, and in my opinion the main reason for its success, was that it transported Hitler to the modern-day. It wasn't about breaking taboos about laughing at Hitler but rather showing that Hitler's ideas, horribly, could still be quite popular today.
"Films like this live and die by their P&A spend and the reviews," says U.K.-based producer Jonathan Weissler. With the right studio backing — andJojo RabbitThis story first appeared in the Sept. 4 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. To receive the magazine,
México Últimas Noticias, México Titulares
Similar News:También puedes leer noticias similares a ésta que hemos recopilado de otras fuentes de noticias.
Hamptons Film Festival Adds ‘The Irishman’ As Centerpiece, ‘Jojo Rabbit’, ‘Two Popes’, Other Buzz PicsThe Hamptons Film Festival said Wednesday that it has added Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman as its Friday Centerpiece Film this year. It will screen at the fest October 11 at Gould Hall, just …
Leer más »
Germany: Lack of British proposal on Irish border raises risk of no-deal BrexitGermany sees an increased risk of a no-deal Brexit next month because Britain ha...
Leer más »
Thyssenkrupp to leave Germany's blue chip index DAX, MTU Aero joinsThyssenkrupp AG will drop out of Germany's benchmark stock index this month...
Leer más »
China premier hopes Germany loosens export rulesChinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday that China hopes Germany will accept m...
Leer más »
Moon appointee's 'privileged' daughter angers young South KoreansSouth Korean President Moon Jae-in's nominee for justice minister may soon ...
Leer más »
VFiles Spring 2020 Ready-to-Wear Fashion ShowGo inside VFILES’s Barclay Center extravaganza and see their Spring 2020 collection:
Leer más »