When the National Socialist German Workers' party (Nazis) assumed
power they vowed to cleanse the German theater of all things
"un-German," which ostensibly included comedy. During the Third
Reich nearly all German theaters, supported by enormous state
funding, presented thousands of comedy productions. Perhaps it was
a propaganda tool, however only a tiny fraction of these
productions were outright propagandist efforts. French playwright
and filmmaker, Marcel Pagnol described laughter as a "song of
triumph...[that] expresses the laugher's sudden discovery of his
own momentary superiority over the person at whom he is laughing.
That explains burst of laughter in all times in all countries."
Hitler and his followers gladly embraced this triumphal expression.
Yet, what did this laughter mean to the Nazi agenda and in what
ways did it undermine its goals? Hitler Laughing offers insight
into the world of comedy during the Third Reich and its role in the
Nazi cultural agenda.
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