Thank you, Monika, a brilliant melding of wide-ranging connections and personal experience. I remember Zero Mostel/Gene wilder flick well. Scripts, manuscripts and anything remotely like that today would be redlined by producers, “sensitivity readers” and other woke cultural commisars (though somehow JoJo Rabbit got through, which I have yet to see).
And one more thing, Monika... Do you recall the late great Robin Williams on live German TV? The presenter asked him, "So, Robin, why do you think the Germans lack a sense of humour?" To which he replied, "Because you killed all the funny people!" Only Robin Williams could have gotten away with that.
'The Fuehrer was good, the Fuehrer was kind......' You've got to hand it to genuine neurotic Jewish humour. And don't forget my quip to the wife of the US consul at that odd party in West Van all those years ago when she waxed poetic about Reagan: 'We all make mistakes, my grandmother voted for HItler'.
First of all, thank you, Monika!! I needed to read this (God, we all need to!!) as it's exactly what I've felt since this ridiculous farce of Covidiocy began. Two years with the majority of heads in a paper bag. No wonder they couldn't laugh! Myself included, although without the paper bag. It's been astonishing how humour left the building and the absurd wokeists took over. Well, they only thought they took over. They are in the minority, magnified like addled insects by the media. I have not seen The Producers and after the trailer you posted here, I'm all in. Utter genius!! Laughter is our weapon. These serious Covidiots, globalist elites and their tyrannical puppets cannot tolerate it! Can you imagine being fined or jailed for laughing? The thought of it makes me chuckle. Seriousness is the real virus.
Thank you, Monika, a brilliant melding of wide-ranging connections and personal experience. I remember Zero Mostel/Gene wilder flick well. Scripts, manuscripts and anything remotely like that today would be redlined by producers, “sensitivity readers” and other woke cultural commisars (though somehow JoJo Rabbit got through, which I have yet to see).
Lovely piece, Monika, and this is a topic I am planning to explore in a future essay. Loss of humor is one of the first signs of totalitarianism.
I came across this quote in Joost Meerloo’s “Rape of the Mind” (which I referenced extensively in my “Letter to the Menticided” at https://margaretannaalice.substack.com/p/letter-to-the-menticided-a-12-step) and found it appropriate and inspiring:
“love and laughter break through all rigid conditioning. The rigid automaton cannot exist without spontaneous self-expression.”
And one more thing, Monika... Do you recall the late great Robin Williams on live German TV? The presenter asked him, "So, Robin, why do you think the Germans lack a sense of humour?" To which he replied, "Because you killed all the funny people!" Only Robin Williams could have gotten away with that.
'The Fuehrer was good, the Fuehrer was kind......' You've got to hand it to genuine neurotic Jewish humour. And don't forget my quip to the wife of the US consul at that odd party in West Van all those years ago when she waxed poetic about Reagan: 'We all make mistakes, my grandmother voted for HItler'.
First of all, thank you, Monika!! I needed to read this (God, we all need to!!) as it's exactly what I've felt since this ridiculous farce of Covidiocy began. Two years with the majority of heads in a paper bag. No wonder they couldn't laugh! Myself included, although without the paper bag. It's been astonishing how humour left the building and the absurd wokeists took over. Well, they only thought they took over. They are in the minority, magnified like addled insects by the media. I have not seen The Producers and after the trailer you posted here, I'm all in. Utter genius!! Laughter is our weapon. These serious Covidiots, globalist elites and their tyrannical puppets cannot tolerate it! Can you imagine being fined or jailed for laughing? The thought of it makes me chuckle. Seriousness is the real virus.
This is a very solid piece of work about humor no less. Well done, ... when do we get to see you at the comedy club?