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SoM was indeed anti-nazi, yes. But this meme is about subverting an anti-nazi political body with a loophole, which shocks (and assumedly, from the comic panels, defeats) said political body. this part, which is not included in the original work, is what makes me uncomfortable.
I can see it a little, but you’re overthinking it.
The director wanted his movie to be authentic, the city didn’t want to stir up the past. Director rightfully says ok, I have an alternative. City horrified of how it’s portrayed and folds.
The negative is that the swastika will fly for filming, obviously, promoting (very) indirectly.
That aspect doesn’t make this meme pro-nazi as I see it. The whole point is that a creative wanted something that the decision makers tried to block. The creative does what their name implies and finds a hack to get their vision closer to what ends up on film.
Yeah, it's a lot the meme format and the underlying implication of defeat that makes it feel weird to me. I actually think that they shouldn't have needed the loophole, and on its whole, portraying a negative thing in a negative light is valid. but the meme format puts this in a weird place for me b/c of the implication of defeat
You're misinterpreting this imo, I would assume because of a distance to Austrian politics. Austrian governing bodies are very seldomly actually anti-nazi. Instead, they are bringing forth right-wing policies while virtue signalling that "nazism bad".
Fair enough, i can see how you got there. Subverting an anti-nazi body in order to authentically trash nazis in a film seems like a net-positive to me. Thanks for elaborating though, I appreciate the different perspective.
...but thats what happened
I get a similar feeling, but to me I think it's because this is very similar to a right wing debate strategy, which is making the audience think you're cooler than your opponent and not worrying about being right.
It's a very similar vibe